Whilst detective John Blizzard looks into a series of drugrelated deaths an old nemesis appears who threatens to cloud his judgement.Frustrated with the slow progress of his colleagues investigation into the deaths of several youngsters on his patch DCI John Blizzard takes over determined to catch the drug pushers. In so doing he stumbles across information that might help solve a murder that occurred when he first joined CID.Many years ago Des Fairley was shot dead after mouthing off about feared local villain Morrie Raynor. Now with Raynors old righthand man on deaths door delirious and in hospital the detective is convinced he will reveal secrets about the unsolved crime.Suspecting that Raynor whom he once put behind bars but is now free and at large is linked to both cases he rubs fellow officers up the wrong way when he insists on an unusual line of inquiry.Against the wishes of his superintendent and increasingly at odds with his staff desperate to catch Raynor the detective puts the general hospital at the centre of his investigation.