On her way to work at a charity clinic in the morning, Dr. Grace Chandler discovers the body of a brutally murdered Afghan girl in a dumpster. By a strange coincidence, the investigation is assigned to Grace's lover, Detective Inspector Jeff Rickman. Before the Liverpool police have time to find out the name of the deceased, four immigrants from the East are burned alive, then a Lithuanian who is about to receive a residence permit is killed. The killer acts brazenly and in the end “pins” a crime on the inspector, which he, naturally, did not commit. Can a simple maniac do this, or is it much worse?