As her mother lies dying, journalist Cara Joyce happens upon a shocking piece of information about her origins. It connects her to the powerful Casey family and the tragic death of a young woman thirty years ago, whose body was found in a Connemara bog.

To this day, her disappearance and murder remain unsolved.

As she mourns her mother's death, Cara's quest intensifies to uncover what happened to Lucia Casey, putting her at odds with those around her. Who is behind Lucia's death and what are they hiding? Why did her adoptive mother conceal Cara's origins from her? And what will Cara risk in the present to solve the mysteries of the past?