When a young hairdresser is reported missing by her mother in a blizzard, D.I. Jack Dylan and his team are called in. Kayleigh's car is found with her mobile phone inside but there is no sign of her. On the desolate Yorkshire moors, items of clothing are found and identified as belonging to the hairdresser, and an intense police search of the area begins. The investigation turns to a loner living close to where Kayleigh's car was discovered Meanwhile Dylan's wife, Jen, is distracted and distant. Unbeknown to him her ex fiance is in their midst, and stalking her.