'It's your daughter ...She's passed out cold on the sofa ...That's not all. Emma's gone ...' This call for help has high-powered publicist Mary out of New York City on the highway for the two-hour drive to her home town, Burns Lake. As she drives, she looks back over the past thirty years, at the life she thought she'd left behind, and the consequences that even now are coming back to haunt her. When Mary reaches Burns Lake she is caught up in a desperate search for the evidence she needs to win back her grandchild, Emma. But it's a race against time - and she is totally unprepared for the horrors she uncovers. A whole community is in jeopardy - and Mary must fight to save the one person she holds most dear ...