Thirty years ago, teenager Paul Bergman was found drowned in Gullspang's lake, and his best friend Francesca vanished from her home. Paul's death was ruled a suicide, and Francesca was never found. In this follow-up to For the Missing, DI Charlie Lager is still haunted by childhood memories of a strange house and the vanished girl who once lived there. Convinced that the original investigation was flawed, Charlie is determined to uncover what really happened all those decades ago, but someone out there is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the truth from coming out.