Inthesummerof2006,RobReilly(KillianScott),asmartsuitedhomicidedetectiveandhispartnerCassie(SarahGreene)aredispatchedtoinvestigateachild’smurderandfindacommunitycaughtbetweenoldandnewIreland.Onanaltarliesthebodyofalocalteenagegirl,precociouslytalentedKatyDevlin(AmyMacken).Herbodyisfoundinthemiddleofanarcheologicalsite,threatenedbylocaldevelopersaimingtobuildashinynewmotorway.Theneighbouringestate,Knocknaree,hasneverquitegotitsshareofthe‘CelticTiger’andhasbeenblightedbypovertyandunemploymentforgenerations.Moreover,thisisthenotthefirsttimeachildofKnocknareehasbeenlost:21yearsearlier,inaverydifferentIreland,threechildrenwentmissingandonlyoneevercamebackalive.Memoryrunsdeepinthispartoftheworld,andlocals,pressandtheDublinPoliceworrythatthecasesarelinked.