Investigator Dana Russo returns with another case. When the body of a brutally murdered man is discovered in the middle of a murky swamp in northern Australia, arranged on a cross, investigator Dana Russo and her team are immediately called to the scene. The victim is a convicted sex offender, recently released from prison, who committed a horrific crime near the murder site. Who killed him and why? As several possible leads emerge during the investigation, the search for the murderer becomes much more complex and terrifying than anyone could have imagined. Could two sisters, who offered help to the victim, be connected to the murder? They may live on the fringes of society, but that is not a crime… Dana realizes that to understand the true motive of the killer, she will have to confront the demons of her own troubled past.