Marie Barker is a notorious gangland figure, who has taken overall control of South East London, but it has come at a terrible cost. Her family have suffered personal losses, and are aware that the eyes of the gangland world are upon them, just waiting for them to break under the strain of their grief. They know that more than ever before they must show their strength and deter any contenders. Her daughters have now joined the firm and they are proving to be just as merciless as her. Times have changed and the Barker women aren't the only females making a name for themselves. A newcomer has...

Lola is about to start running the Marsh firm, but she has no supporters. The men on the firm have already made it clear that she doesn't belong in such a violent profession, and she knows that without their respect she will be destined for failure. To gain this she will have to be even more remorseless than her dad, and show them that she is no pushover. With this in mind she commits an atrocious act that has the men on the firm running scared, but when she betrays her own family she knows she has gone too far. With nobody to turn to she wonders if it was worth sacrificing everything to...

The head of the Shakespeare firm in Woolwich, South East London is a man with big ideas and very little experience, but he feels that with his men behind him he's going to reach great heights in the London underworld. After taking impulsive and lethal action against a very powerful rival, he is sure that he is on his way up. The men on his firm are unaware of his past, and he knows that it must stay that way if he is to become a known face. In the end it is his own carelessness that lets him down, and it is the catalyst for a chain of events that can only end in carnage.

Rita Ray has been left to raise her sons alone when somebody grasses up her husband for an armed robbery. The problem is that is was one of his closest friends, and Rita can't let the matter rest. Word soon spreads that she is a formidable adversary, and when she is offered money to deal with other wrongdoers, she seizes the opportunity. She quickly gets caught up in a life of crime that makes her husbands misdeeds pale by comparison. When her sons grow up they make it a family business, but they wonder if they are out of their depth when they are forced to go up against members of the...

Rita Ray narrowly missed being sentenced to a lifetime in an institution for the criminally insane. Now she is out to get those who orchestrated her downfall. She had to subject herself to the whims of the doctor whose care she was under. He thinks this will continue now that she's out, but he's in for a big surprise. Now that she is sound in mind and body he is at the top of her hit list. Her reputation as a cold and callous killer precedes her, but now that she has her freedom she intends to show everybody that she is worse than ever before. She's is determined to regain her position in the...

Martha Jenkins is a widow who has lived in the same council flat in Bermondsey for years, but it has really gone downhill in the past few years. Groups of agressive youths hung around the estate and terrorised anyone who passed them. The problem was that Martha's teenage granddaughter Angel was friendly with them. One night when they take things too far and murder an elderly neighbour everybody is outraged, but too scared to speak out.Martha bumps into Billy Robertson and old friend of the family, who has just relocated from Spain, and she tells him how bad things have got in the area. Billy...

Simone Morgan's husband Cliff works for the Robertson firm, but his heart is not really in it. He thinks his wife will understand when he finally tells her he's not cut out for a job that involves extreme violence on a regular basis. He is taken aback when she reacts by telling him that he's never been much of a man, and the reason she married him was certainly not love. She reveals that she was wanted in Jamaica for a series of murders, and he was her way out of trouble.He is stunned and doesn't know what to make of his wife who is clearly a stranger to him. When their daughter Lexy sees her...

The meeting of two minds that think alike can be a good thing, unless they are both murderous. A young man and woman, each with their own agenda become involved, and soon get caught up in a vicious power struggle. The fact that they are married doesn't stop either of them from plotting the other's downfall. It seems doubtful that either of them will succeed without there being fatal consequences.

Despite the horrific assault that the entire family were subjected to, Phillip and Gerry keep busy with the day to day business of the London firm. Things were running as normal, but it was different on the home front. Their women were feeling neglected, and began to look for their entertainment elsewhere. When this came to their attention Gerry took it very badly, and momentarily forgot that his father in law who was also in the gangland lifestyle, would not accept any bad treatment towards his daughter. In fear for her life, Tanya manages to contact him, and he immediately sets off to the...