Two local teenage girls, Merry Lane and Joy Harris , vanished without a trace, leaving the village forever suspicious.

Eight Protestant martyrs were betrayed and burned at the stake during Queen Mary’s purge. Two of them were young girls, now known as the "Burning Girls".

The mystery is built on three layers of tragedy that haunt the village:

The unconventional vicar and single mother. She is haunted by a tragedy from her own past that she is desperate to keep hidden.

A fellow outcast and teenager with dystonia who becomes Flo's friend.