Retired Detective Inspector Ann Grieves, now private investigator, probes the dark secrets of a remote religious sect in West Auckland where child molestation by their narcissistic leader is rife. A teenage girl commits suicide. After blowing the whistle on the abuse, a young dairy foreman is found hanging in a tree.
The Miry Bog focuses on the criminal investigation, named Operation Whitetail, of the community’s brutal leaders. The story reveals the maniac mind control of a misogynistic, cruel leader and the dilemma of residents too terrified to escape.