GP Lizzie Browne moves from London to a small coastal town looking forward to a quiet life, but when she finds a murdered patient on her first day it seems that perhaps Stibbington is not so quiet after all. DCI Adam Maguire, and colleague Steve Grayson, welcome this break from their normal routine, except that there seems to be no apparent motive for anyone to kill a harmless young drop-out. But Lizzie’s peace is to be further shattered when a second body is found in her own garden. Against her will and better judgement, she falls deep into the pit of the mystery, and finds herself immersed in the murky waters of Adam’s case.