Manchester today. A dead baby. A missing mother. A cradle of secrets. Has the woman killed her child? Is she a risk to herself? Someone in the neighbourhood of old terraced streets has the answers. But detectives Donna Bell and Jade Bradshaw find lies and obstruction at every turn in a community living on the edge ground down by austerity and no hope. When a stranger crashes into Jade's life her past comes hurtling back threatening to destroy her and the world she has carved out for herself. Donna struggles to juggle everything: work marriage kids. It's a precarious balancing act and the rug is about to be pulled from under her.