The police throw Ruth a party to celebrate her success in bringing James in. Ruth has doubts that takes her to Elizabeth Marshall's hospital bedside. James uses his one call to contact his friends. He requires one of them to get in touch with a mysterious man who will be able to give him an alibi.
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.