What if some secrets were never meant to stay buried? When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock – and fear. New to the Vale of the White Horse, Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin discovers the murder bears the hallmark of a vicious killer who shows no remorse for his victim, and leaves no trace behind. After a second priest is killed, his broken body bearing similar ritualistic abuse, the police are confronted by a horrifying truth – there is a serial killer at large with a disturbing vendetta. As fear grips the once tranquil countryside, Mark and his team race to uncover a tangle of dark secrets and lies before the killer strikes again. In doing so, Mark finds out that the truth is more twisted than he could ever have imagined...