<i>Deep down, there's something we'd all kill for.</i><br/><i>I know I would. I know I have. I know I will.</i><br/><br/>Recovering addict Eric Johnstone is turning his life around until one small moment sends him down a dark path. Just months after he takes a job at the retirement village in Point Imlay, the ebbing tide reveals Eric's body, trussed to the town's oyster beds.<br/><br/>When Senior Detective John Darken's business card is discovered in the dead man's pocket, J.D. transfers to Point Imlay to help with the investigation. But J.D.'s life is in shambles: his job is precarious, his marriage is on the rocks, and his past haunts him constantly.<br/><br/>Two men whose lives are entwined - but how does one end up dead?<br/><br/>Together, J.D. and homicide detective Emma Capsteen - another unwelcome new face in the sleepy seaside town - work to unravel the final days of Eric's life. But instead of answers, all they uncover are more questions. Why does a local bikie have free reign? What are the residents at Seascape Gardens retirement village hiding? And, in a town whose beating heart is community, why isn't anyone prepared to tell the truth?