Beneath a quiet village, dark crimes lie buried.
When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a
locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks
the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds the warning:
It's time to pay for your crime.
The body belongs to a former teacher, Oliver Fox, who vanished from the
village thirty years earlier. Hart's instincts tell her there is
something untoward about this rural Lincolnshire community--especially
when she uncovers evidence suggesting that, although Fox was a victim,
he certainly wasn't innocent. As the extent of Fox's crimes becomes
apparent and the web of lies continues to unravel, almost nobody in the
village is above suspicion.
When there are whispers of child abuse in connection with the case, it's
clear someone is willing to do anything to keep the sinister truth
buried. Can Hart find the culprit before more lives are lost?