A killer, dubbed 'The Street Cleaner' by the tabloids is systematically eliminating underworld crime bosses. D.C. Helen Carter begins her first day in the team headed by D.I. Danny Ward. C Division in Derbyshire is a typical rural police unit until The Street Cleaner begins to work his way further north. Helen Carter learns that both D.I. Ward and D.S. Craig Snow have history.
With the help of LAPD Detective Sam Kane on an exchange programme, she discovers that one of her colleagues could actually be the killer. Jack Salter, a London gangster has learned of the killer's true identity and sends a hit man. When he fails, Salter decides to undertake the task personally. Helen Carter is abducted by Salter to draw out the Street Cleaner. For everyone involved, it must end here. Helen carter has to make a decision which will alter the course of her career.