DCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman investigate a series of gruesome murders with the help of pathologist Natasha Sachet and Tom Boss.

Booze addled and widowed loner, DCI Jack Cloth continues his struggle to hold himself together while solving grisly murders and suffering from the death of his wife.

Cloth has quit the force, never to return. Well, until a bank robbery goes wrong. But things are awkward at the station, particularly with ACC Tom Boss back at work.

Going even deeper undercover, Cloth learns that Macratty's big plan has got even bigger, taking on a heist for the mysterious Big Man.