The Quinns are one of the most feared criminal gangs in London's East End. So the reaction of Joe Quinn to the news that his daughter Lynsey is involved with a policeman is predictable & swift & a pregnant Lynsey finds herself out on the street bruised & alone. At the age of eleven Lynsey's daughter Helen is returned to the clan. Hated by her grandfather loved only by her uncle she struggles to fit into a world she doesn't underst&. As warring factions battle for control of the East End tragedy is about to strike again. How can Helen survive? & who can she trust when the Quin family's criminal past comes back to haunt her?