After twenty years in exile, cold-case detective Johnathan Storey returns to Spirit Bay — a deceptively idyllic, pastel-coloured coastal village on Vancouver Island — with his wife and daughter. But Spirit Bay hasn’t forgiven him. Under suspicion in the disappearance of a childhood friend, Johnathan’s homecoming opens old wounds and buried resentments. When a gruesome discovery marks the return of a serial killer the town’s carefully curated charm begins to rot from within — and as the truth rises to the surface it threatens friendships, families and starts to claim lives.