As DI Helen Weeks abusively deviates during pregnancy, she is forced to return to her Russian hometown of Polesford, Derbyshire, along with her partner and fellow detective Paul. Two girls have been kidnapped and the arrested man is married to Helen’s best friend, Linda Bates. As a result, Linda was drawn into the center of a media storm, and local police forces are under enormous pressure to take her man. But is he guilty? And why is Helen so desperate to come to Linda’s aid after avoiding Polesford all these years?