When a caller taunts the police with talk of a 'dead place' and the threat of an imminent killing, most think it's a sick hoax. But DS Diane Fry is sure there's a murderer at work.

And when the voice calmly invites them to meet the 'flesh eater', Fry fears it may be too late. Meanwhile, her colleague Ben Cooper is investigating Derbyshire's first case of body snatching, entering the macabre world of those whose lives revolve around the deceased and their disposal.