The lives of teenage twins Maisy and Duncan change for ever the night their sick mother is taken to an asylum Sent to live in the New Forest with their cold hearted grandmother Mrs Mitcham they feel unloved and abandoned At least they have each other But one day Duncan doesn t come home from exploring in else forest and no one least of all his grandmother appears to care about his disappearance The police who ve found the bodies of other missing boys offer little hope of finding Duncan alive Yet Maisy refuses to give up Though she doesn t know the woods well she knows someone who does The strange old woman who lives at their heart Dare Maisy enlist the help of the