Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor ben marshall ed stoppard relocates to the countryside with his wife sophia myles and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into things finally look to be going ben s way.until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn t quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by visions, ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger. He begins to investigate the local gamekeeper jack russell tovey and the ex paratrooper vicar, father patrick paul kaye but things complicate when an old friend dominic greg wise and his girlfriend joanna vanderham enter the frame.