August 31, 1997. Rose Wilson is 14 but looks 16. Pimped out by her "boyfriend" and let down by a person she thought she loved, Rose snaps and commits two terrible crimes. Her life seems effectively over. But then a sympathetic defence lawyer sets out to do what he can to save her. Now. Detective Inspector Alex Morrow is a witness in the case of Michael Brown, a vicious arms dealer. During the trial, while he is in police custody, Brown's fingerprints are found at the scene of a murder in the Red Road flats. It is impossible that he could have been there, and it's a mystery that Morrow just can't let go...