Stone Lewis is just out of jail and looking for a fresh start With new tattoos on his face - they held him down in the nick and did them for him - he looks scary enough for most people to give him a wide berth But that doesn't stop a battered Asian girl asking for his help Ginny has come to Hull from California, looking for her best friend after her letters suddenly stopped She's beautiful, she's a very long way from home, and Stone agrees to help Soon he's right back among the vicious city lowlife he was trying to avoid And before long, as the terrible truth emerges, Stone who is autistic, finds himself surrounded by psychos and Dobermans