Carole Seddon's son, Stephen, is about to be married But his fiancee, Gaby, and her parents, Marie and Harold, seem desperate to keep the affair as discreet as possible After a quiet engagement party, Harold disappears only to be found dead the next day, in a burnt out car in Epping Forest As the family deal with their grief, Carole begins to suspect that they are also hiding secrets that can be traced back thirty years, to the murder of Marie's best friend