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Twelve years ago, Francis Bailey was locked away and left to rot in Britain's most notorious prison: found guilty of the worst kind of crime - the murder of a young child. A crime that he did not commit. Finally released on appeal, he returns to his home town high in the Yorkshire Pennines to rebuild his life. Unable to land a job, stigmatized by society and branded a dangerous lunatic by a corrupt police force, he soon realizes that his only course of action is to prove his innocence to the world by solving the case that still haunts the small community. But the truth lies hidden behind a wall of silence, where the bent copper who sent him down is shielded by people at the very top. When it comes to justice, truth is irrelevant. Liam Brennan is a man haunted by his past. Living on the streets, he is a drunkard and a deadbeat. Dangerous people are searching for him. Former colleagues who want him dead. Because Liam knows too much about their dark and violent history. There is nothing they won't do to ensure their secrets remain hidden. Forever in fear that his whereabouts may one day be discovered, his life is one long mess of drunken brawls and petty crime. When Francis and Liam's paths cross, they form an unlikely bond and together set out on a tortured quest seeking truth and absolution. Either they must conquer their demons and prevail, or be crushed by the horrors they carry with them. But now another child is missing, snatched off the streets. Time is running out.