The clock is ticking for DI Ruth Hunter. A body is found at the disused Denbigh Asylum, and foul play is evident. The crumbling building is usually the haunt of mischievous groups of teenagers, so why would a young man be there alone? It’s up to DI Ruth Hunter and the Llancastell CID team to find out. Links are discovered to a modern slavery ring, and this looks likely to be behind the death. But a deeper dive into the victim’s connections reveals that he was involved in a toxic relationship, which could be crucial to solving the murder. As other major cases vie for attention, it’s a race against time before the guilty parties leave the country and avoid paying the price they owe. A heart-pounding instalment of the bestselling Welsh crime series.