ACTING DETECTIVE SERGEANT CLARA MODE LOVES THE SMELL OF RISK, BUT IS EVERY RISK WORTH TAKING? Mode lives in a converted van with her freshly permed hair and a slight persecution complex. She knows it's hard to get respect as a woman in 1982, let alone as the only female detective in the region. When she is sent to another 'soft case' at an archaic boarding school, it becomes clear that there is something more sinister at play. Despite the warnings, she can't resist her chance to shine...