Six months after a petrol bomb attack left him severely burned, Detective Sergeant Ray Flowers moves to his late aunt's cottage, but soon the past darkens his stay. According to his aunt's diaries, the cottage is frequented by a mysterious woman referred to only as 'Kitty', but this is no ordinary visitor, for Katherine Hallam was tried as a witch in 1643 ...Ray becomes increasingly captivated by the ghostly young woman who, like him, bears terrible facial scars. He pieces together her tragic tale, but cannot comprehend the role he himself played in sealing Kitty's fate -- more than three hundred years ago.