Pulp fiction neo noir crime story about a writer, The Young Man, who follows strangers for writing material in the broad day light or into the darkness of London. He eventually gets caught by Cobb, a mad thief who toys with others properties. Cobb lures The Young Man, and inspiring writer, also known as Bill/Danny Lloyd into his secret life of breaking and entering and theft. Bill comes across a story from one of his trespasses, Lucy Russel. He begins to see her and spends time hearing her story. Lucy unveils her shadowy path when she confesses a crime she witnessed from an elder psychotic boyfriend. She had witnessed a murder from a violent criminal who plunged a debtor to death by his own hammer. The story continues as Bill acts out in the underground crime world of murder theft and adultery and continues his own storyline for the future of his storytelling career.