Rory, an ambitious entrepreneur, and former commodities broker persuades his American wife, Allison, and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the '80s. Sensing an opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison's horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to...

One year on and a hate mail letter reawakens the threat that Morton is still alive and returning to Southcliffe for the anniversary of the attack.

The families of the dead are each immersed in their own struggle to comprehend what has happened with feelings of guilt, madness and grief prevalent among them.