When a mummified body is discovered, Detective Bryn Lawton leaves his quiet Welsh police station, and sets off on an exciting quest across Italy. The corpse of a woman is found in a house under renovation. The enquiry is headed by Bryn Lawton; a man who has his own demons to overcome. He is forced to pursue his prey, trying to catch this someone he soon discovers is a serial killer – before he takes the lives of any more women.