Poppy's dad is still in prison. Her mum has rushed back to Poland to look after her seriously ill mother. At times like this she needs Angel, the joker among her friends – dodgy, wild, can't read or write much, yet bursting with energy. When Poppy discovers a note from Angel: At your place. Need help, she finds him lying under the kitchen table, bleeding from an arm wound. Has he been stabbed? Why hasn't he rung 999? Who else is involved?