Detective Inspector Taylor is a troubled man, having lost his ability to think clearly as he silently battles to overcome haunting past events and a career investigating murders. But wallowing is not an option after two security guards are murdered in an explosive art heist of a Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London.
As he embarks on a man-hunt to track the culprits down, his partner DI Amelia Appleton, tries her best to keep him out of harm’s way as events unravel leaving his life hanging by a thread.