When three bodies are found in close succession in a tight-knit Cumbrian community, everyone knows the victims. This was fifteen years ago. Since then, there have been more deaths, but no further clues. Emilia Hellier has grown up in the shadow of a serial killer, watching her father’s hunt for the killer twist and change her family. Now she belongs to the same CID department. Now it’s her turn to figure out who has cast such a shadow over their lives.