An utterly convincing and compelling crime debut from a major new talent. PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. To escape the pain and the unanswered questions, John buries himself in work by day, and whisky by night. But when the mother of local missing young woman calls on his services, everything changes. John soon finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of corruption and lies. And as he delves deeper and deeper into the case everything suddenly starts to get terrifyingly personal...