A suburban printer is killed in a car bomb attack. Is this the work of Muslim extremists?  Or is it a criminal act?
The NSO (National Security Organisation) believe the bomb attack is an act of terrorism and they’ve sent their senior officer, Agent Richard Skerritt, to investigate. But who was the victim, and why was he a target?

Major Crime and the NSO share an uneasy relationship as they form a joint task force.  Can an intelligence gathering operation and a crime unit work together?

The NSO believe this bomb is linked to an arms dealer.  But is it as straightforward as Agent Skerritt and the NSO would have them believe?  What of the strange items – visas, cash, and a list of Middle Eastern names – Detectives Malik and Koa found in victim’s safe? 

Malik searches for the truth, amidst a paranoid public who fear Islamic extremists.  And when a little boy goes missing on his way home from a Muslim school.  Malik wonders.  Is this co-incidental or is it fallout from the bomb attack?  Will they find the boy dead or alive?

Malik knows that he must find the truth behind the bomb.  As soon as possible.  And to do it, he must put his own life at risk. Top

An ambulance officer is stabbed to death by a kid in an Ice induced rage.

Detective Sonny Koa delivers the death knock, and bonds with the dead man’s Maori family.  The victim’s mother extracts a promise from Koa that he is going to find hard to keep.  She wants her son back, in one piece, for burial.

Meanwhile the mystery surrounding the dead NSO agent deepens.  Malik learns he was involved with bringing in illegal refugees from Indonesia.  Did he use his role as an NSO officer to facilitate their entry?  But if so, why?  This act is directly against his brief. And if he was corrupt, what did he do with the money? 

Agent Skerritt helps Malik in his quest for the truth. But it appears Skerritt has more than truth on his mind. He and Wright have become lovers. And her problem brother has become his problem too. Craig has disappeared and Wright fears for his life. He’s out on the streets somewhere.  They have to find him before the gangsters do.  Will her father, Mick Deakin, a legendary retired detective, help her? And if he does, can she contain him?

As Malik and Koa investigate the murder of the ambulance officer, they discover behind the senseless killing, a story of the drug, Ice.  The Ice is manufactured and supplied by a bikie gang.  The detectives learn the gang has an Indonesian contact who supplies them with chemicals. The stolen arms used in the car bomb are linked back to both the gang and the contact and he is linked to Akmal.

Akmal is still protesting his innocence over the car bomb.  And Malik is starting to believe him. But is he telling the truth? Top

A mysterious crossbow murder has Major Crime busy.  A little girl witnesses the death.  This resonates for Wright, who lost her mother at the same age.  She is still dealing with the aftershock, thirty years later, in the shape of her troubled brother Craig.  International crooks are pursuing him relentlessly. He is in mortal danger.

The team investigate the circumstances around the crossbow murder.  Who had motive?  Muslim man, non Muslim wife, with an issue of custody. Is this a domestic murder the detectives are dealing with?  Malik checks out their emotional history. He could be investigating his own marriage.  Too much work, not enough family time, and a growing distance that lead to a breakdown.
Sophia receives an intriguing call from a Canberra public servant, Kirkbride.  Sophia asks Malik to come with her to Canberra to talk to him.  Kirkbride is a conflicted man. He knows the murdered man, Angleton, was involved with something that happened in Indonesia but he wants the night to think, before sharing it.

Sophia and Malik have to spend the night in Canberra.  Together.  Will the budding attraction between them blossom into something more?  Agent Skerritt warns Malik about getting too close to Sophia.  She’s a piece of work.

Inspector Wright is not aware Malik is in Canberra.  For one thing, Koa covers for him; for another, Wright and Deakin are trying to get Craig to leave the country. But will sending Craig to New Zealand save him?  Or will Craig’s problems follow him wherever he goes?

As the cops close in on the crossbow murderer, Wright discovers Malik’s absence. He’s in Canberra and Kirkbride’s been found dead.  The local police say it is suicide.   But is it?  Wright is not happy.  But she has other problems to deal with.  Protecting her brother. Top