When a local farmer is found dead, retired detective Alex Ridley is called upon by his former colleague and protegee DI Carol Farman to assist on an unsolved missing person's case. As they delve deeper, they uncover another body, and a shocking secret.

After a chance encounter with jazz singer Eve Marbury, the former detective agrees to help find her brother, who has been missing for 40 years. When a woman is found dead, dark secrets that have been buried for decades begin to emerge.