When Anna Lambert goes missing the beautiful coastal hamlet of Deep Hill is thrown into chaos, as the town’s dark secrets are unearthed. Anna’s husband Jim – a Justice of the Federal Court on the rise – seems at a loss as to her whereabouts, while Anna’s teenage daughter Sarah has special need for her mum right now as she is pregnant to a local boy. Local Australian Chinese detective Frances Dwyer – dealing with the spectre of family madness – must find a way to collaborate with city cop Alan Foster as they uncover a paedophile ring lurking in coastal paradise. The truth – when finally revealed, that much loved Jim Lambert, killed his wife in anger, will reverberate in the highest office in the land, and change Deep Hill forever.