The unusually caring reporter goes to a village where a 10-year old boy has been murdered, but the locals are not very sociable - even with each other.

A police inspector is shot after pursuing a burglar along the street, and everyone Mitch talks to describes him as a saint.

A series of muggings of old people are taking place, but as they are being committed by black people the police have to tread very carefully so as not to be accused of racism.

Ex-villain Reg Grey promises his wife he's now gone straight. But he is then arrested for a crime he committed a few years before. Mrs Grey tells Mitch that the arrest came from a tip-off from regular Police informer Jack Frost.

A postman is shot while apparently being a have-a-go hero and stopping some armed robbers, but Mitch finds out everything is not as clear cut as it seems.

Mitch begins drinking again and attends a few parties, where he and his friends make a series of cringe-worthy jokes.

Mitch goes undercover in a dangerous white supremacist group, and he doesn't fair much better in his private life.