When two Grimsby trawlermen are murdered, an old police acquaintance asks Hawk to house a witness in the forthcoming murder trial. What seems like a friendly request turns out to be far from it and within days Hawk's caught up in a huge drug deal. He becomes a likely IRA target and has severe doubts about the murder charge itself... The witness, Liam Kinsella, isn't Hawk's only unwanted house guest. He arrives with two officers from Witness...