No-one knows the real reason DI Cole has ended up at Sheerham 'cop-shop'. He's been something of a hero down at Scotland Yard after cracking the notorious Ice-cream Man case. The word is that he grassed on some Masonic lodge cover-up.

When Jane West goes missing, Sheerham suddenly has its own paedophile case to solve - one where the victims are picked up from school by a police car...

Cops see things no-one should see or hear and can spend their days knee-deep in hatred and violence, corruption and filth. That's why DI Cole knows it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between cops... and other robbers.