It's Yorkshire in 1974, and fear, mistrust and also institutionalised police corruption have been currently running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is decided to look for the facts in an ever more intricate maze of lies and deceit surrounding law enforcement investigation into a string of child abductions. When Clare Kemplay goes lost, Eddie Barry, and his colleague, convince their editor to allow them to explore links. But following a mutilated body is found in a construction site owned by a local property magnate, Barry and Eddie are drawn into a world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.