The recently appointed Chief of Pathology, Dr. Cecelia Montage, had already experienced the trauma of a jealous colleague and also coming face to face with a serial killer, both devastating her life in their own way. The re-acquaintance with her former lover, DCI Riley Blackman helped to get her life back on track to where she wanted to be, but a new, sinister killing has come to light, one which threatens her now comfortable life and tests her medical skills as well as her resolve, whilst at the same time trying to juggle her personal life. The body of a young woman is found in a shallow grave in a fallow field; all means of identification having been completely removed. Cecelia, along with her assistant and good friend Dr. Sally Birch must piece together a time line and try and work out who the woman is and what happened to her. When further bodies are found, and the reality that they have themselves a new serial killer sinks in, Cecelia and Riley must work together before the timer ends and a new body appears. Will they find the killer before they have more blood on their hands? Or will their personal lives get in the way?