2016 is a busy year for the City of Salford. The place is still fighting for some limelight after years of being overshadowed by their more famous neighbour across the river, Manchester. One thing that makes Salford different is that the residents have voted to have an elected Mayor. The first was elected in 2012, but his term has come to an end and he's standing down. Who can replace him? Who cares? Well, someone didn't want the old Mayor to leave easy. They stole his car and put a body in the boot. That's a hell of way to say goodbye. Melia, meanwhile, is given the job of protecting the plethora of new candidates. It would be straightforward but she is distracted by her cousin Liv, who tells her that her lodger has vanished. Skipped town? Didn't pay the rent? That's normal for a teenager, surely. After all, no one is saying she's dead. Yet. But Lolly is not the only missing person, and Melia's more concerned about the others, because one of them is her boyfriend, Mickey. Luckily, she can't even begin to speculate on what happened to him. If she knew he was chained up in an animal stall, it would hurt her even more than the fact he simply isn't available for her. She's had to get used to that, over the years. No, she simply wants news. Where is he? What has happened to him? In the febrile atmosphere of the election campaign, she has to fight for attention. No one wants to listen to the crazy lady - they have enough mad people standing for Mayor. Someone has to win. The problem for Salford is that too many, it seems, are going to lose.