When her brother is murdered, journalist Edie Hansen is pulled back to her turbulent past, and finds herself grappling with Cape Town's crumbling police force, a corrupt political system and the secretive world of extreme wealth.
A wealthy businessman is murdered and his wife is bludgeoned into a coma in their house in the suburb of Bishopscourt in Cape Town; their children become prime suspects.
Edie's attempts to find a witness to the murder place her in peril high on a mountainside; she learns some information she doesn't like; Daniel is abducted by masked assailants at gunpoint.
Detective Forty Bell nearly loses his life rescuing Daniel from a drug gang; Edie's tentative closeness with her nephew is shattered when she makes a discovery at an out-of-control party in Bishopscourt.
A violent invasion of Andrew's memorial shakes up the community, bringing new suspects to light; Edie learns things about her brother that she didn't want to know; Robert Weber sneaks into Olivia's hospital room.
When a gun is found at the high school, a new suspect is arrested; Edie's investigation into Andrew's business partner leads her down a different pathway and leaves her fighting for her life.
Matters accelerate towards a resolution as Forty Bell barely escapes the dangerous Zone 41 with his life; one of the children reveals a hidden side of their personality; the killer reveals himself to Edie.
A killer has been found but Edie is not convinced that the full story has come to light; she is left with the most difficult decision of her life when she reveals a secret and makes a discovery.