WINNER OF THE NORTHERN CRIME COMPETITONNewcastle 1996. Charlie works in the local bail hostel where, exhausted and made cynical by the job, she expects the worst of everyone.When her friend's son is found dead in the local park she is dragged into the hunt for the murderer. Darren was no angel but as she begins to dig deeper she unwittingly sets in motion a series of threats against the hostel and against her own family. Her attempts to uncover the truth find her probing failures in the justice system in a hunt for a killer who has fallen through the cracks.