Successful family law attorney Mallory Patterson has worked hard to put the tragedy of her childhood behind her. She was only ten years old when her mother abandoned her and her father, leaving her marriage and daughter behind to return to her life in her native Argentina. Mallory has keenly felt her absence every day since she left, but she’s managed to push the hurt away and make something of her life. She’s proud of what she’s achieved and her position in Sydney Legal. Even better, she gets to work in the same firm as her beloved father. Then a body is discovered buried deep inside a cave and Mallory is suddenly filled with questions. When the police identify the body as belonging to her mother, everything Mallory once believed as the truth is suddenly turned on its head. Is the body in the cave her mother, or have the detectives made a mistake?