When Juno Browne returns to the Dartmoor town of Ashburton after a brief holiday, she's relieved to find that no one has been murdered in her absence, but it's not long before a local journalist, Sandy Thomas, is brutally slain. When she finds that one of her friends has caught the killing on camera, Juno is swept up into a fresh murder inquiry.

What was Sandy really investigating on the night she was killed? With a spate of dog kidnappings to contend with as well, the Devon countryside has never felt less tranquil...or more dangerous.