Eddie is new in town, having moved from his familiar, comfortable home by the sea when his parents split up. Now his mum is busy working at the local hospital, while he hangs around waiting for school to begin. He's soon drawn into a gang of boys running elaborate scams in the town - they are the bane of hospital officials and he's bound to be in trouble with his mum if she finds out...his first task is to uncover some hospital secrets, but he discovers more than he bargained for when he overhears a plan to kidnap babies from the ward for some sinister scheme. Soon he and the gang are on the trail of kidnappers...