Back from a year's sabbatical in New Zealand, P.I. Kate Kinsella is reluctantly caught up in a case which will challenge both her own skills and those of the local police force. One woman has been murdered, another has disappeared. There appears to be a link between them, through their husbands. As Kate delves deeper into their shared histories, she unearths a darker, more sinister secret that has remained buried for some twenty years - and in the process puts her own life at risk.