Part of an experimental and controversial recruitment project, ex-IRA member Eddie Slevin is fast-tracked through the ranks of a revamped police force in Northern Ireland. His peculiar ability to solve even the most complex cases is grudgingly applauded by colleagues and superior officers.
But, when a star footballer is found shot dead, face down on the penalty spot of the local football club, Eddie’s professional and personal lives become intertwined in a whirlpool of ghosts from the past, adversaries in the present, and a looming dread in the future.