Eric Chalmers is one of the most popular teachers in Muirpark Secondary School in Glasgow.  So when precocious teenager Julie Davidson accuses Chalmers of rape, the school goes into shock.  How could a deeply religious family man like Chalmers doe anything like that?

With some students and teachers supporting Julie, and other Chalmers, life at Muirpark is far from harmonious.  And then things get much worse – Julie Donaldson goes missing, and the police are called in.

For DCI William Lorimer, this is the second missing persons case in a week.  A toddler has been missing for several days – and with each day, the likelihood of her being found alive diminishes. 

With hope fading, it becomes a breakneck race against time to find both missing girls – and to find out whether gentle Eric Chalmers really did rape Julie……..