In the remote northern Pennines, where ancient paths once carried the dead to their final resting places, a modern evil is stirring. When DCI Ted Page discovers the fourth victim in a string of brutal murders isn't a prostitute like the others, but respected crime journalist Angela Jones, he knows he's hunting a different kind of predator—one with deadly intelligence. The trail leads from London's underbelly to the ancient paths of the northern Pennines, where the locals speak of the Corpse Road—a route once used to carry the dead to burial grounds. As Page uncovers Angela's secrets—a failed marriage, missing money, and connections to a mysterious spiritual commune at Whelp Castle—the ancient fells harbour their own darkness. Who is the enigmatic Pilgrim? What do mysterious surveyor posts on the high moors signify? With another victim in the killer's sights and the merciless helm wind descending upon the Pennines, DCI Page must decipher the connection between a London murderer and the savage beauty of the fells before the Corpse Road claims its next sacrifice. Some secrets are worth killing for. Some landscapes never forget.