During one of the worst draughts to ravage Australia in a century, three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. He and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth ... Film rights sold to Reese Witherspoon's production company.