WhenwealthylandownerGregoryLancaster’sbodygoesmissingonthenightofhisdeath,asinisterwebofsecretsandliesisexposedinthevillageofLittleMalton.DCIBarnaby,DSNelsonandnewForensicPathologistKamKarimorearedrawnintoamacabreworldofbody-snatchingastheyseektoidentifythevillain.