Adelaide Hills, 1959.
At the end of a scorching hot day, in the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery.
Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most mystifying murder investigations in the history of Australia.London, 2018.
Jess is a journalist in search of a story.
Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decades, a phone call summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in hospital.Seeking comfort in her past, Jess discovers a true crime book at Nora's house chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959.
And within its pages she finds a shocking personal connection to this notorious event - a crime that has never truly been solved.