Mark Furlong is a private detective in a Northern City. He has always avoided any form of personal commitment but now he's shocked to discover he has a sixteen year old daughter. He very definitely doesn't want to become involved. Crystal Brown is the sixteen years old daughter of a heroin addicted mother. She has been in trouble with the police and social services for a number of years. Now she has discovered the identity of her father and she wants to know what he's like. When Crystal's mother dies from an overdose the social services expect Furlong to take responsibility which is something he is reluctant to do. But the lives of Crystal Brown and Mark Furlong are about to be turned upside down as they become involved in a web of prostitution, rape and murder.