Sydney 1980s: Belle Fitzgerald young rich and spirited lives in Kings Cross the city's bohemian heart. When she learns of plans to demolish her street and evict its residents she commits to fighting the development even though this brings her up against the Cross's crime lords and their corrupt cops. Recklessly she embarks on a passionate affair with one of those cops Sergeant Stanton Rose. Then Belle goes missing. Her disappearance becomes one of the nation's great mysteries. Sydney today: Stanton Rose retired is an Australian icon celebrated for his undercover work in the Cross. Jackie Rose his daughter has followed in his footsteps. She's a homicide detective uncompromising and ambitious. When Belle Fitzgerald's bones are discovered Jackie is given the very cold and very public case. But what she uncovers threatens to turn her life - and the lives of those closest to her - upside down.
