Familiefaren Joe Petrus udlever den amerikanske drøm med sin forlovede og sine stedbørn. Men uden familiens kendskab var Joe involveret i en mystisk forbrydelse for tre år siden, og nu er hans farlige fortid ved at indhente ham. Da en morder begynder at have banden bag forbrydelsen som mål, indser Joe, at det kun er et spørgsmål om tid før hans familie bliver målet. Han vender tilbage til London, for at opspore sin gamle bande og finde ud af hvem, der kommer efter dem.

A typical work day at a pension fund investment company, Lochmill Capital, is upended when a gang of violent thieves burst in and force Zara and her best mate Luke to execute their demands. But who would steal billions of pounds of ordinary people’s pensions and why? DCI Rhys is determined to find out, but as a recently relapsed gambling addict, Rhys must keep his own money problems at bay while dealing with the secret agendas and competing interests at the center of this far-reaching crime.