Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Bristol Winter follows brilliant forensic pathologist Dr Ethan Winter as he works alongside DI Lauren Bell and DS Ellis Daldry. Together the team need to crack a series of twisted and compelling murder cases. With his unflinching eye for detail and deep knowledge of the human body, Winter sees what others miss, revealing the secrets the dead leave behind. But beneath the charm, wealth and cool exterior, Winter is a man tormented by the violent death ten years ago of someone close to him. The case was closed, a man put behind bars. But when a recent suicide arrives in the lab bearing a chilling clue that echoes the earlier death, Winter is shaken to the core. Gradually as his conviction grows that the wrong man is in prison and the killer must still be at large, Winter begins to investigate. Despite her doubts and instincts to keep her distance Bell is reluctantly drawn into a case that threatens to unravel everything the pair thought they knew.