David Carpenter

A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.

Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.

A hardened young man battling with gang complications finds the strength to shelter his younger brother battling with his true identity. Both are forced to confront their masculinity through the gritty experience of their working class lively hoods.