Rikosdraama seuraa John Simmin esittämää sinnikästä mutta haavoittuvaista etsivää Roy Gracea, joka saa tutkittavakseen kaiken muuttavan katoamistapauksen.
Grace is brought in to investigate what seems to be a straightforward case of kidnapping when the teenage son of a compulsive gambler goes missing.
Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a businessman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it seems.
When the body of a woman is found, Grace is called to the scene. At first it looks an open-and-shut case with a clear prime suspect.
Ending his secondment to London’s Met Police, Roy Grace gets a tip-off about a drugs mastermind operating out of Brighton.