When Robbie Fraser receives an anonymous note saying 'Your father has disappeared', he is shocked beyond belief. As far as he is aware he has no father. But with nothing to keep him in England, he travels to a small Scottish fishing village to find the man he never knew. When he arrives, he is met with hostility and the claustrophobic insularity of a small-town community. Only Heather McBain seems to want to befriend him and through her he learns of the bitter rivalry between their fathers. Thirty years ago, McBain and Hamish Fraser fell out - for reasons no one really knows - and the enmity between them has burnt on, dominating the village life. Now Heather is convinced that her father is involved in Hamish's disappearance. But as she and Robbie start asking questions, buried secrets come to light which could destroy them all.