John is a repressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad. ¡¡¡¡When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater, as far away from London as possible. ¡¡¡¡Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by next-door neighbour Tommy, a charming, confident man, devoted husband to the local vicar Rebecca. He is a man of faith, a pillar of the community and self-appointed leader of the village¡¯s all-male book group. ¡¡¡¡John is both impressed and slightly fascinated by Tommy. His wife Fiona despises him. As a successful former chef hoping to launch a new venture in Coldwater, Fiona sees the move as an opportunity to leave the past behind them. To not only re-build their lives as a family but re-ignite the long-lost spark in their fading marriage. When her husband¡¯s relationship with their enigmatic new neighbour becomes increasingly intense, Fiona¡¯s suspicions are aroused. She is unconvinced Tommy is all he seems to be. ¡¡¡¡But John remains blissfully unaware that Tommy is harbouring horrifying secrets, and it¡¯s only after a series of unsettling incidents start to occur that John begins to wonder who the real Tommy actually is. ¡¡¡¡And when John¡¯s long-repressed rage comes to a head with disastrous results, he soon finds himself unexpectedly indebted to his new friend. ¡¡¡¡This is the story of a normal man, in a normal marriage, who finds himself in a far from normal situation. A man who discovers a newfound sense of his own power, right at the moment he falls under the influence of someone incredibly dangerous.