Singmass Close has a sinister past. Reputedly haunted by the ghosts of children, in the '50s it was the hunting ground of the Doll Strangler, a ruthless killer who was never brought to justice. When the strangled body of teenager Natalie Parkes is found in the same close, a mutilated doll by her side, DI Joe Plantagenet wonders whether a copycat killer is at work. With the recent disappearance of a young model, and an escaped convict at large, this new murder stretches Joe's team to its limit, but he comes to suspect a shockingly creepy connection between all three cases.