Season 2

In 2003 Zoe Jacobs disappeared from the picturesque town of Moorevale, during her own 21st birthday party. Zoe packed her things into a distinctive blue backpack and walked out, leaving behind a note telling her parents she needed time to ‘follow her own path’. Zoe was never seen again. Her father, Leo, came to believe that Zoe never left Moorevale and was murdered. But Zoe’s mother, Nadja, has always believed that Zoe did run away, and that one day they would find her. 

In present day, Moorevale police officer Samara (Sam) Kahlil (Zoe’s childhood friend) is responding to a report of illegal squatting when she discovers Zoe’s blue backpack, which seems to have been abandoned decades ago. Detective Sergeant Cormack is sent to Moorevale to investigate. The backpack’s presence suggests that Zoe never left, and the possibility of foul play looms large in Cormack’s mind. Zoe’s father, Leo, is convinced she was killed by Joseph – a man Leo claims seduced his young daughter. But both Sam and Nadja believe Zoe is alive and living a new life somewhere else. For years now, Sam has received an anonymous call on the anniversary of Zoe’s disappearance; the caller never speaks, but Sam has a gut instinct it’s Zoe. 

The pendulum swings between both possibilities – has Zoe been murdered, or is she still alive, and might she even return? 

As Cormack digs deeper into the case, his suspicion shifts between a carousel of suspects in Moorevale. But Zoe’s case isn’t the only investigation on Cormack’s mind. His estranged father, Tommy, claims that Cormack’s brother, Ritchie – missing since 1994 – is alive, and needs their help. Cormack believes Tommy is just finding another way to torment him; through emotional abuse, now that he can’t hit him anymore. But despite his doubts, Cormack is drawn into his father’s web – because if there’s a glimmer of hope that his brother is alive, Cormack won’t rest until he finds him. 

Across the series, Cormack will search for these two different missing persons, who both vanished without a trace decades ago. One case is purely professional – the search for Zoe Jacobs; the other is deeply personal – the search for his brother Ritchie. 

As the pressure of both investigations build, and Cormack’s father – and childhood abuser – burrows deeper into his troubled mind, our hero will start to unravel. But even as his own demons torment him further, he will not give up on either Zoe or Ritchie. 

And he will eventually find both missing persons – but sadly, only one of them is alive.