A violent criminal resists arrest on a sink-estate, stabbing Sgt Peters in the process and going on the run. Without his radio or any back-up, will a pursuing PC Stringer be able to single-handedly bring the attacker to justice?
When her car breaks down on her way to the station, Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an onboard on a suspected armed robbery. She is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Burnside, but worse is to come.
It's Christmas Eve, but Assistant Commissioner Hicks has declared the station to be alcohol-free, a decision which lands D.C. Skase locked in a cell. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Slater deal with a case of trolley rage.
CIB swiftly barge into a disgruntled Sun Hill, suspend the entire CID department and conduct their investigations into the activities of the corrupt DS Don Beech.