When the police, MI5 and the Security Service close down the investigation into the murder of 14 year old Simone Winston, only three people have the courage to keep digging. Meet Probationary Police Constable Michael Collins, fresh out of Ireland and the Police College, his partner Constable Clive Clark, the smallest police officer in Birmingham and Agnes Winter, a Quaker landlady with a war record stamped Most Secret.

As Collins, Clark and Agnes pursue the gang who killed Simone, mayhem, violence and death erupts on the frozen streets and alleyways of Birmingham.

Language and social attitudes are consistent with the period, and be offensive to some.