Juliet Doyle, eine ehemalige Nachbarin von Inspector Banks, bittet diesen um Hilfe: Im Zimmer ihrer Tochter hat sie eine Waffe gefunden. Banks geht zunächst von einem einfachen Missverständnis aus, doch die Situation schaukelt sich während einer Hausdurchsuchung bei den Doyles hoch. Der Vater der Familie, Peter Doyle, erleidet durch den Einsatz einer Elektroschockpistole durch die Polizisten einen Herzinfarkt. Eine interne Untersuchung wird eingeleitet, und Helen Morton gerät in das Visier der Kommission, da sie für den Einsatz verantwortlich war.
Club DJ Richard Martin is run off the road and subsequently shot in the head, leaving the perpetrators to dispose of his body and his car, as well as the gun used in the shooting. When the gun turns up in the bedroom of Erin Doyle, the daughter of Banks' long-term neighbours, Banks decides to act quietly to remove the gun without fuss. However, DI Morton overrules him, forcing him to follow procedure, organizing a full-blown raid which results in Erin's father, Peter Doyle, being tasered resulting in a heart attack. As Banks, Blackstone and Lang investigate Martin's death, Annie is forced to conduct an official investigation into Helen's actions, an investigation which threatens to destroy Banks' team. As the team identify Jaff Kitson as the possible murderer, Erin reveals that Jaff's new girlfriend is none other than Banks' daughter, Tracy. Banks has to decide between his family loyalties, his moral actions and the hope of a relationship with Annie in order to secure the safety of his daughter. But which will he choose?
Banks tasapainoilee tyttärensä ja uuden suhteen välillä. Kun naapuri pyytää apua löydettyään oman tyttärensä hallusta aseen, jutusta paisuu vyyhti, jonka vuoksi on vaarassa moni ura ja elämä.
A chain of events begins to unravel when a loaded gun is discovered in the bedroom of a friend of Banks' young daughter, who ends up in mortal danger as a result. Banks has to decide between his family loyalties, his moral actions and the hope of a relationship with Annie in order to secure the safety of his daughter. But which will he choose?
Alan Banks' nabo finder en pistol på sin teenagedatters værelse. Fundet starter en dramatisk kæde af begivenheder, som truer med at ødelægge Banks' efterforskningsteam - og som bringer hans egen datters liv i fare.
Le DJ Richard Martin est tué d'une balle dans la tête et les meurtriers se débarrassent de son corps et de son arme. Celle-ci est retrouvée dans la chambre d'Erin Doyle, la fille du voisin de Banks. L'inspecteur chef essaye de s'occuper de l'affaire sans faire de bruit mais c'est sans compter sur le capitaine Helen Morton.
