A year after the events of Quirke: A Novel of Love, Law, and Magic, Quirke and Sadie have welcomed their son, Ruairi, but Quirke can't seem to get her to commit. On the night of a scheduled execution, Sadie plans to confront him with a heartbreaking truth...but where is he? When Quirke turns up on social media denouncing the death penalty, the Chief Justice, suspecting an unlikely conspiracy, sets an investigation in motion. And Quirke's former nemesis, Allan Hetford, has his own very special reason to look for him. Will the law find Quirke in time? And does Quirke even want to be found?