The last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Forest with his girlfriend, Melissa. Now he is helpless, alone and consumed by fear, hunted through the woods by a sinister, masked figure...When Tom's body is found, DI Helen Grace takes the case. But before she can catch her breath, a second victim is taken - a serial killer is on the loose. Something dark and deadly stalks the forest. The eighth DCI Helen Grace investigation could be her last...