When 18-year-old Rowan Edwards is found dead, DCI Ellis is called on to take over the investigation. She digs under the surface and sees that the town's parents know nothing about the lives of their children.
When Ellis investigates the vanishing of a local detective, she finds that the closed ranks of the police station are impenetrable. But soon, an extraordinary web of secrets unravels.
When the leader of a prison reform campaign is found murdered in his small village, DCI Ellis investigates, and a tangled picture of old grudges quickly emerges.
With most leads on Peter's murder now exhausted, the sudden disappearance of a local boy ignites a new urgency, pulling the duo back into a desperate search.
A community is shaken when a student is found crushed in a warehouse. As loyalty and fear bind the locals, Ellis suspects the victim was about to expose a huge scandal.
Shock revelations surrounding Abi's death send tremors through Elmsly as Ellis and Harper push further into the case. Can Ellis unpick the mystery before the secrets of the village consume everyone?