D.C.I. Vera Stanhope delves into the tangled past of extreme sports fanatic Gideon Frane when he plunges from a Northumberland cliff top in a ball of flames. Supported by D.C. Shepherd and the newly-appointed D.C. Edwards, Vera and the rest of her team must track down Gideon’s gang to uncover a lifetime of bullying and an unexpected story of tested loyalties and rough justice.