Something terrible has happened to 11-year-old Harry Brandwell—something to do with Father Littlemore—only Harry won't speak of it. Some months later, an enigmatic visitor to Larkwood Priory hands Father Anselm a photo and asks him to find Littlemore, and more importantly, to find out why he has since disappeared. But in this sixth entry in the Gold Dagger-winning series, Anselm recognizes the missing priest as his friend John Joe Collins, Larkwood's American handyman. Anselm is being drawn into a conspiracy, with his own reputation for integrity used against him, even as the silent victims of past abuse prepare to seek their own kind of justice.