In the sleepy village of Etwell, an innocent young boy has been abducted and brutally murdered. As it emerges that there may be more young victims concealed in the ancient graveyard, the local vicar, former army padre Daniel Carter, is drawn into the mystery, and he begins an affair with an attractive young reporter who has a personal interest in the case. As the police uncover evidence that the scale of the crime may be bigger than anyone had imagined, the trail begins to lead to a suspected circle of paedophiles from the most powerful levels of society...In the sleepy village of Etwell, an innocent young boy has been abducted and brutally murdered. As it emerges that there may be more young victims concealed in the ancient graveyard, the local vicar, former army padre Daniel Carter, is drawn into the mystery, and he begins an affair with an attractive young reporter who has a personal interest in the case. As the police uncover evidence that the scale of the crime may be bigger than anyone had imagined, the trail begins to lead to a suspected circle of paedophiles from the most powerful levels of society...