Why did a young girl fall to her death from a tower block? And is there a connection with a ten year old boy captured on the block's CCTV system? DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry prompted by the discovery of the body of a small time crook on wasteland north of the city. ANGELS PASSING takes us to the core of Faraday's flawed relationships with both his girlfriend and his son; it reveals more of Winter's brutally effective take on the job and provides a grimly recognisable post mortem report on a society that is coming apart at the seams . . .