When Sam Smith joins the Royal Constabulary as an apprentice in the Investigative Division, his disability is kept a secret, but his experiences the previous summer have given him an edge over the other constable-apprentices creating a vicious jealousy. Life doesn’t get much easier, even as Sam learns from the crimes he helps solve with his partner. In fact, he finds that as he gets closer to finding a master criminal, people start getting killed, more daring crimes are committed, and Sam gets closer to risking his life.