Joe plans to end his difficult past and create a new life for himself in a remote corner of Ireland. But first he must kill the woman who has haunted him since childhood.

Rachel accepts her fate. Consumed with guilt and torn apart by lies, she looks forward to the peace of nothingness.

There is just one flaw in Joe's plan. Rachel's manuscript lies unread in a publisher's office. It contains the secret Joe has so carefully concealed. It threatens to expose the truth.