Movie Description:
Transferred to the Vice Squad, Tennison finds herself enmeshed in an already lost cause known as Operation contract and up against her oldadversary Sgt. Bill Otley. "Contract" had been an attempt by her predecessor to break down apedophile ring operatingin the London area. The investigationfell apart when a leak ensured that the rent boys, underage prostitutes and their customerswere off the streets. But the discovery of a young boy`sbody in the burnt out apartmentof a transsexual, Vera Reynolds, transforms a complicated vice case into a clear case ofTennisons specialty;murder. Themurder allows Tennison to forceopen previously closed doors, leading her into the deep, dark recesses of child prostitution; a world crawling withpornographers and seedy model agents, seething with the corruption of smooth- talking businessmen and high-ranking officials with something to hide. Jimmy Jackson is Tennison`s lead suspect, a vicious thugwho preys on theyoung runaways he picks up in railway stations. But Jackson has an alibi-analibi that relies on the head of a charity for wayward boys, Edward Parker-Jones. Parker-Jones has some very influential friends in the police force.And they`re influential enough to make Tennison`s career...or break it.