Silvia Malone is a Dublin daily newspaper journalist who becomes suspicious of the secrecy surrounding the death of Garda Christian Mullins by drowning, but is warned to back off. At the same time, she is asked to find a missing criminal from Northside, Dublin, Raymond (Mundo) Byrne, by his sister. Both men have been in self-destructive mode for years. Is it worth risking her job to solve the mystery and to restore justice?