A teenager goes missing from a Children's Home in 1958 and was never found. Four school friends know the truth but have sworn an oath of silence. 35 years later a witness emerges. A stubborn volunteer stress counsellor teams up with an ambitious provincial newspaper reporter and they delve into the past. Four former school friends, a Deputy Chief Constable, a Property Developer, a Circuit Judge and a Member of Parliament will go to any lengths to protect their secret. But how fragile is the friendship and how ruthless will they be as individuals as the net closes in?