Daniel Pierce was a drug user and petty thief. Breaking in to one house too many he unknowingly takes evidence of police corruption on a massive scale. When he realises what he has in his hands, he panics and passes it on to Martin Dawson a self-styled journalist cum people's investigator. There follows a deadly cat and mouse game involving murder and evidence planting while the corrupt police officers attempt to retrieve the items that could destroy them. Martin Dawson and Co have to try and evade capture long enough for the damning evidence to explode onto the news. With the help of his employee Emily and her friend Hannah, a journalist from Wales, They work as a team to get all the evidence to the BBC where the truth can finally be unveiled.