A disillusioned London chef visits Nigeria and struggles with her matchmaking mother and restoring the family's rundown hotel. She's heartbroken when she discovers the man she loves is buying it.

One fateful night, an encounter at a police checkpoint manned by two drunk Officers sets off a chain of events that turns Brume and Najite's blissful lives upside down and leads them on a journey of greed, deception and murder.

Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.