A traumatic episode has seriously damaged DCI Derek Day’s health and legendary self-confidence. He is away from work for months and both his marriage and career are in jeopardy.

He returns to duty a changed man – only to discover that his team of detectives is disintegrating through exhaustion and relationship breakdowns. Before he can start a reconstruction, there are suspicious deaths at a building site. A millionaire property developer is renovating Wingerworth Old Hall for the National Trust but it’s clear someone doesn’t want him to succeed. Will the project ever be completed?

Day realises that the long deserted Hall had been used for suspicious purposes – but exactly what is hard to find.

To secure help in both his professional and personal lives, Day turns to Pastor Jack, a man widely regarded as a saint by the citizens of Chesterfield.

But the bodies keep coming.