A peaceful Welsh village is thrown into turmoil when an unidentified body washes ashore. The man fell from a great height—perhaps from the aqueducts over the river—but it wasn’t the fall the killed him. Something sinister happened, but no one in the area can identify who this person was. Inspector Ian Rutledge is called up from London to investigate. Rutledge manages to use these small leads to come up with a name: Sam Milton. But how Milton died and who could have wanted him dead is not straight forward. By all accounts, Milton was a good man, but his life was shrouded in dark secrets. To prevent more lives from being lost, Rutledge must retrace Milton’s steps. The truth could change everything, but only one thing is certain... At the end of the road, a killer is lying in wait.