Eight years ago they found the body buried on the moor. They were certain that it was one of Jerome Monk's teenage victims. Which left two more to finde.
But the search ended badly and, with Monk safely behind bars, the momentum faltered. For forensics expert David Hunter and the rest of the recovery team, life moved on. And the dead were left undisturbed.
But now a nightmare scenario unfurls. monk has escaped and seems to be targeting anyone involved in zhat original ill-fated operation. As the maniac's violent trail edges ever closer, Hunter realises that nothing now - or then- is quit as it seems. And that the past is anything but dead and buried...