A year has passed since the last murder. Anna and her parishioners have begun to run residential retreats for those in need of time out, at the heart-stoppingly beautiful Lizard peninsula. This brings together a disparate group of people, whose stories begin to unravel when a body is found, draped over the old lifeboat ramp. Anna, Simeon, Archie and Harriet have to overcome their own fears and anxieties to walk with them, until Anna is able to work out what really happened.