Detective Inspector Salma Roberts is head hunted from Surrey Police and enticed to join the West Yorkshire Police Force as the first female British Pakistani Muslim high ranking police officer.

Her arrival in Bradford is heralded as a new beginning for race relations in the area, particularly between the Police and the extensive traditional Pakistani Muslim population.

Public acclaim and PR maximized events by her new police boss and local dignitaries hide the undercurrents of mistrust, hostility and fear - but not for long

When horticulturalist Tom goes on a cycling holiday to discover more about his deceased Father’s wartime past he is unwittingly involved in an accident that leaves him stranded in Chateauneuf, a French village that is under threat of demolition to make way for a forthcoming motorway. The accident is only the start of Tom's adventure, an adventure that will change his life forever.