Gareth, an ambitious police-officer, becomes unpredictable and volatile after the traumatic death of his father. On his wedding day he attacks his bride Tina. Desperate to cover up his madness and violent behaviour, his mother Helen, a power-crazed psychiatrist, plots a conspiracy against Tina to protect Gareth's career. But paranoid and delusional, Gareth believes his wife has been kidnapped. Out of control, he leads a wild manhunt that ends in tragedy. Will Helen manage to cover up Gareth's shocking deeds - and stop the unravelling of lifelong secrets she's been so anxious to hide?