Ronan Myers is a character who has featured in a previous Jack Taylor film as a strange young man with issues.
It seems Ronan has been kidnapped and tortured. His girlfriend comes to Jack looking for help despite both having a murky history with each other. It turns out that the Myers family is rather wealthy and his father has hired a cocky cockney private investigator, James Mason (Christopher Fulford) who gets in Jack's way.
Meanwhile Kate is in hospital with her medical issues and her cousin Darragh once again helps out Jack seemingly attracted to the danger.
I could not help thinking despite the drinking, the attitude, Jack just cannot help coming to the aid of a damsel in distress, his nemesis has taken the same gamble leading to an eye watering sequence where Jack himself gets brutally tortured.
There is a violent climax at the end set in a school as deep buried issues come to the surface. A strong but disturbing story. Fulford provides intriguing support to the regular cast.