When Darren Mitchell was promoted from DI to DCI, everything changed, and adjusting to work in city life and finding your footing in a new home can be difficult in even the best of times. However, when two cases, the harrassment of university students with dead animals and the murder of a young woman, strike side-by-side, it is far from the best of times. It's up to Mitchell to navigate both harrowing cases, especially when he uncovers the terrible connection between both when more campus killings present themselves.