Kim and Ned are two very ordinary people but they are the most unlikely pair of friends that one could meet. Nevertheless there is a bond between them. She is Chinese in her 20's and a qualified and practising lawyer, He is in his 50's and owner of a moderately successful business consultancy. After one of their lunch dates Ned accidentally takes a wrong bag from the restaurant which he later discovers, contains a large amount of money. Before they can decide what to do, the owner of the bag pays them a visit and threatens them. A visit from the police convinces them that simply handing in the money would point to their complicity in its theft. Fearing for their safety and even their lives, they decide to flee to buy some time. They head for the beautiful and idyllic Lake District unaware that there are desperate groups of people determined to find them for their own personal reasons and will stop at nothing to get what they want, with disasterous and fatal results
