The Deal

People can buy your silence, but not your loyalty…

Macy Taylor was born in the shadow of Tanley Square, at the heart of her Manchester estate. It’s kept her secrets and she’s kept its code of silence.

If you need something sorting, or want something you can’t get anywhere else – no questions asked – then you go to the square. But everything in life comes at a price.

Brianna Taylor is seventeen – she doesn’t get why Macy wants her to keep clear of the square. If it was good enough for her mum, why can’t she hang out there too? She’s got dreams, but they don’t come cheap and the fastest way to make money round here is with the boys and men that make their deals in the alleys and dark corners of the square.

For mother and daughter, it’s time to work out what they really want, how fiercely they’ll fight for it, and what they’ll do when someday, someone comes calling on them to pay what they owe…