A 'Constable Thomas Potts' historical mystery - A raving, bedraggled girl is found sheltering in a barn near the Parish of Tardebigge in Worcestershire. Then the decomposing body of a small boy is unearthed by poachers in a nearby wood. Both cases appear to be connected to a wagonload of children known to have been abducted from the Poorhouse. Constable Thomas Potts - torn between troubles in his personal life and his determination to discover the fates of the poor abused children - reluctantly takes up gruesome case.