July 1973. The Glasgow drug trade is booming and Bobby March, the city's own rock star hero, has just overdosed in a central hotel. But, even that tragedy competes for headlines with the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who's gone missing. As Det. Harry McCoy knows only too well, every hour that goes by makes the Alice Kelly case more of a lost cause.
Meanwhile, the niece of McCoy's boss has fallen in with a bad crowd and when she goes missing, McCoy is asked-off the books, to find her. McCoy has a hunch that there's a connection between these events. But, time to prove it is running out, the papers are out for blood, and the department wants results fast. Justice must be served.