It’s 1963. JFK has been assassinated. The world has changed... and tremors are being felt even all the way in Ballarat. Jean Blake is still adjusting to life after her husband Lucien’s disappearance eight months earlier, when she’s unexpectedly drawn into the investigation of a pair of bizarre murders. Both cases seem linked to a series of newspaper articles recently published in The Courier about Ballarat’s most infamous unsolved mysteries. No one knows the town’s history better than Jean, and she’s determined to help, despite pushback from Chief Superintendent Matthew Lawson.

Ballarat is hosting a stage of a prestigious cross-country motor race. When a mechanic is found dead underneath one of the cars it's clear foul play is involved. Under pressure for the race to go a head in a couple of days, Blake and Lawson must investigate quickly.

A local businessman is found drowned in the swimming baths right after the grand unveiling of his plans for a local theme park about the Ballarat gold rush. Realising the death is suspicious, Blake begins untangling the victim's complicated personal life.

When a lottery winner is kidnapped and held to ransom, Blake uses his keen instincts and personal touch to sift through the suspects. However, there's something else on his mind as well.

An experienced jockey dies on the track when his horse throws him during practice. It doesn't take long to discover evidence of foul play, so Blake and Frank begin asking around Ballarat's shady bookmakers.

At Ballarat military base, a soldier is killed on a routine training exercise. Investigating the tragedy, Blake comes face to face with the new base commander, his old nemesis Major Derek Alderton.