AN ATTEMPTED MURDER in the United States ... a tragic road death in a Cumbrian forest ... an old photograph stolen from an ancient coaching inn. Unrelated events - until a midnight drowning below Ouse Bridge exposes a connection. After two decades, has a killer returned to Cumbria to ply their trade? Does a suspect hide in plain sight among loose acquaintances? Who is truthful and who is lying? Skelgill must patiently circle ... until finally he picks up the scent.