A crime-wave threatens to engulf the quiet city of Chester, forcing Detective Constable Dominic Strider to single-handedly deal with a rape, armed robbery, arson, burglary and malicious letters sent to the local M.P. whose implication in a high-class prostitute's death prompts a cover up! Reeling under the strain of a broken marriage and with the threats of dismissal, a vicious murderer on the loose and attempts on his life, what better time for Strider to fall in love?