DS Hunter Kerr has always been riddled with guilt over the vicious and brutal death of his first girlfriend Polly Hayes. That fateful day has haunted him for a lifetime and was the reason why he joined the Police - to make amends and track down her killer.Yet none of the murders he has investigated have remotely resembled the killing of Polly, so when a woman's brutally battered body is discovered wearing an item of his girlfriend's clothing his life is suddenly turned upside down.Is it a cruel trick, or has Polly's killer returned to haunt Barnwell.