A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitchand he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed ofa safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades peoples deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlows job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets. Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice.