Whitby, 1973. Reclusive fisherman Emil Kleve becomes a local hero when he finds a missing six-year-old child. But while the town celebrates, Emil himself disappears. With his cottage untouched, his boat still in the harbour and no known friends or relatives, the case goes unsolved - yet there is someone who might know the truth. Nearly fifty years later, resident journalist Hamish Shaw continues the search for the missing man driven...