Baghdad Central

It is October 2003 and Iraq is occupied by a US-led coalition when ex-police inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji finds out his elder daughter Sawsan has gone missing while working as an interpreter. When he is asked to help rebuild a new Iraqi police service by British policeman Frank Temple, Khafaji has to decide whether to become a collaborator to gain access to the secure Green Zone and further his search for his daughter.

Khafaji is called to his first crime scene when an Iraqi man is found dead at a Coalition Authority safe house, and soon uncovers a second body, hidden and booby-trapped. US military policeman John Parodi clashes with Khafaji's boss Frank Temple, because the building is one of his. Khafaji later witnesses a daring attack on a Green Zone checkpoint by someone he immediately connects with Professor Zubeida Rashid and his missing daughter Sawsan.

Khafaji goes in search of truths about his daughter, but is surprised by the arrival of Frank Temple

Temple discovers his money is missing and has Khafaji arrested on false charges. On a raid, Parodi sees a photograph of three girls - who are they connected to?

Zubeida and Khafaji join forces in the hunt for Sawsan but their lead goes cold. A brutal murder is uncovered in the Green Zone and Parodi starts to suspect Temple of a darker involvement in the case.

Khafaji is made an offer he can't refuse and plans to get his family out of Iraq unscathed. But will he succeed?