Nothing ever happens in Cardale. An idyllic little village just north of Manchester, it's a secluded, peaceful escape from the city.

Until 3.5 tons of tractor ploughs into a cottage and kills the couple inside.

It looks like an accident, but DCI Jane Birchfield has a suspicion there's something more at play. There are secrets buried in Cardale, and they're about to come spilling out of this wreckage.

When another body is found and the case becomes a murder investigation, it's up to Jane and her team to drag the village's secrets into the light.