As the National Crime Agency team mobilise to find the mole within their team, word gets out that there has been a fatal development in the investigation in the Netherlands. A leading crime journalist, Wouter Laumans, is quickly on the case. The murder victim is a very close friend of the crime boss who has built the torture chamber. The authorities fear a terrifying escalation when they uncover a plot to kidnap his enemy's family in revenge. It becomes increasingly clear that the authorities will soon have to reveal their hands if more deaths are to be avoided.