When a mud-splattered man staggers from Bacton Wood with a terrifying tale about being buried alive DS Ashley Knight and her team are called in to investigate. Soon another victim is found and more men are missing - all with connections to the well-known Vialli family. The Major Investigation Team find themselves attempting to untangle a case that stretches from Eastern Europe through to North Norfolk. Along with rookie detective the whip-smart Hector Fade Ashley is in a race against time trying to help a family who seem determined to take matters into their own hands. And when Ashley suspects there is a department rat the stakes get even higher. As the evidence continues to point in different directions and as new victims are uncovered thick and fast Ashley and Hector begin to fear they have finally met their match in a killer too ruthless and clever to be caught.