Something happened last night - something with the boss's wife. Belsey needs to get out of London and away from the debt and the drink and the deceit.
At dawn, on what should be the last day of Detective Nick Belsey's career, Hampstead CID is ghostly quiet. Belsey checks the overnight files. There's a missing-person report. But this one's different. It's on the Bishops Avenue, London's richest street. Belsey sees a chance for a new life.
But someone else got there first.