At the height of WWII, Billy Boyle, US Army Captain and detective, finds himself investigating the dark side of a charming English village when a military accident reveals a premeditated murder Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful rest at the country estate of his British lover, Diana Seaton. Seaton Manor is a comfortable haven, and Billy is eager to spend a few precious days in Diana's company pretending the war is far away. Unfortunately, that illusion doesn't hold for long: the village hosts a top-secret military intelligence operation, home to high-ranking German POWs. When a crashed German bomber resurfaces off the coast with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat, Billy is assigned by the commander of the POW facility to investigate. After the plane is discovered, a local villager is murdered—and suddenly what had appeared to be a failed enemy military operation takes on an even more sinister aspect. All Billy's ex-Boston cop instincts are put to the test as he interviews the grieving, angry, and conniving citizens of this idyllic English country village.