On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman´s partially clothed body is discovered in London´s Soho Square. She has been raped and strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard disagrees.
Harry´s partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city´s remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the Beatles´ movie, A Hard Day´s Night.
As Harry´s investigations point to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate´s assignment leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s´ Liverpool - and a possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?