Spike Falconer is in prison on the Isle of Wight
- convicted of murder. What made him choose four innocent strangers a family picnicking as his victims? Why did he need to kill? Forensic psychologist Karen Taylor comes to probe the mind of this psychopath. Trying to recover from the death of her husband & the dark memories surrounding it Karen is drawn into life on the Isl&. She becomes involved with DCI Charlie Trench cool & abrasive the opposite in every way from her partner Will Hawkins. & she has to get to know Spikes adoptive family the rich & influential Falconers who are tight-lipped & closing ranks. Someone on the Island doesnt want Karen getting too close to Spike. The more she learns the more afraid she becomes of those who are threatened by her discoveries. & then they start to act.. .