Kerry Johnstone is arrested for stealing a baby from a maternity unit, but is she a distraught mother who deserves understanding or are her motives rather more sinister? At the same time, DI Pete Hammond is investigating a local adoption agency. He needs to find out whether the agency is offering babies for sale to the highest bidders. He and DI Charlie Eden pose as a couple who are desperate to adopt, but playing husband and wife is rather too close to home as secrets kept for 15 years are finally revealed.Where do Pete and Charlie go from here? Back at Newton Park station, Liverpool footballer Danny Murphy turns up to make a presentation to Sgt Cartwright's under-11 girls football team. But for Supt Jim Oulton, an ardent Everton fan, this proves to be a step too far.