Yorkshire, 1909. When Laura Harcourt accepts a position in Wainthrope, she does not dream that it will change her life forever. But she arrives to find the Beaumont family still torn apart by the death of their son, in a disastrous fire twenty years ago; and the Beaumonts have secrets; secrets that DI Charlie Womersely, investigating a body found floating in the mill dam, must uncover if he is to find the truth.