James is in custody and the police force throw Ruth a party for bringing him in. However Ruth has her doubts that James is guilty. James uses his one call from the police station to contact his friends. He needs one of them to find out who the mysterious man is.
In Overton, a remote little village in the English countryside, the townsfolk have two interests which are farming and racehorses. Life there seems simple but the village teens resort to playing chicken over razor-sharp blades spinning atop farm silos and other dangerous games tohug their boredom.
Then, quite suddenly, life in Overton becomes a lot less boring. Another, much more literal type of hugging is revealed when someone finds the body of a local teen under the wheels of a tractor. Now a cuddle investigation will bring to light all those secrets this close-knit community has been hiding, and life in Overton will never be the same.