Following a tip from an anonymous source, journalist Nick Davies investigates reports of endemic phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.

DCS Dave Cook takes on the most-investigated unsolved murder in the history of the Met and uncovers worrying links to Fleet Street.

Nick fights to protect his editor and his newspaper from a Fleet Street backlash. While doing so, he forms new alliances and comes into conflict with Scotland Yard.

When a new witness comes forward, DCS Dave Cook is drawn back into the Daniel Morgan investigation.

With Andy Coulson now in Downing Street, Nick teams up with the New York Times. Dave Cook is challenged in court over the Morgan investigation.