When Janice Long and her young son take a long awaited holiday in the Highlands of Scotland it turns into a mystery, that has to be solved, when a strange, wolf-like creature is seen outside their holiday cottage. Events from over thirty years ago soon come back to haunt everyone concerned when the situation begins to affect villagers who have kept a dreadful secret all that time. Janice, who is secretly hoping for a quiet summer away from their noisy life in London while looking for the family of her late husband, is soon drawn in to the mystery and can not leave until the mystery is solved. With the help of a local farmer, Janice begins to unravel the mystery and it soon becomes clear that he knows more about the creature than he is saying.