Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and when he never returned home his grieving family assumed the worst. Now 30 years later teenager Leah Wakefield has disappeared and DI Wesley Peterson has reason to suspect that the same kidnapper is responsible. As Wesley delves into the case his friend archaeologist Neil Watson discovers a mystery of his own when he exhumes the dead from a local churchyard. A coffin is found containing one corpse too many and Neil believes it may be linked to a strange religious sect. Then in a shocking twist Marcus Fallbrook returns. His recollection of his past kidnapping is hazy but Wesley hopes that as Marcus begins to recover memories it will lead them to a sinister criminal. But he is about to discover that the past can be a very dangerous place indeed.

Part of the The Wesley Peterson Series series.