1951 Auckland: A man overboard a murder and a lot of loose ends... The workers and the government are heading for bloody confrontation and the waterfront is the frontline. But this is a war with more than two sides and nothing is what it seems. Into the secret world of rival union politics dark political agendas and worldwide anti-communist hysteria steps Johnny Molloy soldier turned private eye who has been hired by an insurance investigator to find a supposedly dead man - a major player in one of the trade unions fighting both the government and the other unions. Caitlin O’Carolan a feisty young reporter is following her own leads. Together they begin to uncover a conspiracy that goes to the heart of the Establishment - and which will threaten their own lives in the process.
