When a raid on a known drug-addict goes awry, DS Boulton is spiked by the desperate criminal's needle, leaving Sun Hill's tough guy frightened and angry, and in need of an HIV test.
It's a life or death situation for DC Skase and DC Proctor when an assassin comes looking for his money. But can they work together to defuse the situation?
Local villain Ralph Moles is taken into hospital for heart problems, and is being watched over by police shifts. The plan is to book him for various robberies, but DS Boulton is on a separate line of enquiry, involving a rent boy district.