After a South London man is shot and killed, his wife swears that the offender didn’t have feet. Then a teacher is murdered at a local school & her pupils insist they saw disembodied legs hanging from the ceiling. These murders are neither straightforward nor easily explained, which means there are only two people fit to investigate: DS Jamila Patel and DC Jerry Pardoe, who are used to tracking spirits intent on causing mayhem. When two children go missing a finding themselves lost in another time period altogether a the investigation leads to the discovery of a violent entity. One who has been killing for much longer than anyone first realised a and has no plans to stop.