When a body is found in a secluded cottage in the village of Knocknaferry, Ireland, Sergeant Hughie Byrne is on the case, to the chagrin of Inspector Neil Donnelly.
Arrogant Priests, Limelight-seeking TDs and a village shrouded in secrecy threaten to derail the investigation at every turn.
Based on the true story in 1931 of a navy wife who claimed she was raped by a gang of Hawaiians, leading to one of them being kidnapped and murdered in a scheme hatched by the girl's mother. Clarence Darrow defended the family in Hawaii's Crime of the Century.
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