A case hits close to home for Matt Devlin when investigating the death of a police officer, and his best friend, Pete Garvey. Devlin and Garvey had known each other since childhood and when Matt discovers Pete had recently been in contact with their childhood parish priest Jonathan Nugent, his suspicions are alerted as the past starts catch up with him. With nothing but suspicions and unfounded rumours to go on, a murder charge cannot be brought against Nugent. Now a married man with a family of his own, can Matt really be sure they've got the right man?