Morris and Val Price are thrown into turmoil by the disappearance of their teenage daughter and the arrival of a ransom note demanding half-a-million pounds.

Hannah is released, but her ordeal has left scars that may never heal. Her parents are elated to have her back, but their joy is tempered by their newfound poverty.

The Price family is dealt more blows when Val discovers that Morris is having an affair and one of Hannah's former kidnappers begins stalking her.