When Jamie McIver, a dedicated pathologist, agrees to fill in for an old family friend in Bristol, she discovers she may have underestimated the difficulties. Unexpectedly, she is thrown together with Shaun Seaton, DCI of the local CID, who immediately stirs up all kinds of conflicts with his abrasive manner and contradictory appeal. Against the shadowed backdrop of drugs, sexual depravity and the Bristol underworld, Jamie and Shaun combine forces...