In a last ditch attempt to save his career in the CID, Inspector Frost re-opens the case that ruined him – a kidnap and possible murder he failed to solve some years before. With a new piece of evidence, he returns to the village in which the disappearance occurred. Where he was once a welcome guest, he now finds the villagers are no longer interested in re-living the past and seeing old faces. It becomes increasingly apparent he is facing a conspiracy of silence and hostility.