A young dancer on the Sydney club circuit finds her life falling apart after she witnesses the drowning of a young man at Bondi. His presence continues to haunt her.

Jessica Simmonds returns from overseas to find her retired professor father in a bitter public fight to save the historic Sydney waterfront houses on Angel Street. After her father's mysterious death, she joins forces with local residents and a union leader against corrupt forces. Based on the real life mysterious disappearance of Juanita Nielsen.