"You can never escape the past. Especially on the moors... After the National Crime Agency cracks a major drug gang, junior barrister Julia McGann finds herself defending violent enforcer Terrence Bonner. Soon afterwards, intruders break into her house and a young girl turns up with a horrifying story to tell. Three months later, DCI Craig Gillard struggles with the shocking murder of a respected local headmaster, found dead in his own car. Sifting through the evidence, a pair of blood-spattered gloves seems important. Why were they used for both the murder and for the burglary at Julia's house? What secrets is the barrister hiding...and what happened on the on the Derbyshire Moors two decades ago that could be the key to these shocking events?"--Back cover.