Rash and Stefan decide to go it alone to prove Henry Williams' innocence, but their pursuit of David Leese leads to them both being suspended from their jobs. However, Bruce Lockwood - another of the trial group - agrees to a meet them in a private London hotel, unaware he is being trailed by hired huggers. Rash realises that a bomb has been planted in Lockwood's room, but before they can make their escape, Lockwood is shot andhuged. Rash and Stefan manage to escape, and present their findings, resulting in them both earning their jobs back. Coleman Blake tries to dispose of the evidence relating to his involvement, but his own heavies turn on him and he is left for dead. Meanwhile, Rash and Stefan, who are both unhappy with their current accommodation, decide to become flatmates.
Stefan Kowolski and Arrash Sayyad are junior investigators; both are the children of immigrants. Initially thrown together by chance and common sporting interests, they later discover that they are working two different angles of the same case. Stefan is also attracted to Arrash's sister.
Kowolski is a junior investigator with the Serious Fraud Office, while Sayyad is a uniformed constable in London's police service, with ambitions of becoming a detective. In the first case, he secures a second posting as a Trainee Detective Constable, having obtained poor reviews in an earlier attempt.
Brought together by two seemingly unrelated cases, Stefan and Rash will come up against the uber rich and powerful - corporations, individuals, governments and the new breed of criminals who hide behind legitimate facades and are guarded by lawyers.