It s 1963. A new band called the Rolling Stones is beginning to make its mark and the mini-skirt is coming into fashion. For young Liverpudlian photographer Kate O Donnell, it s an exciting time to be in the capital especially as she s on secondment to an up-and-coming fashion photographer s studio. But there s a darker side to 1960s London, Kate discovers, when the naked, battered body of a teenage prostitute is found amongst the rubbish bins behind a Soho jazz club and it turns out the victim was a former model at the studio where Kate s working.
When a second young model disappears, Kate enlists her friend DS Harry Barnard s help to find out exactly what s going on. Together, they uncover the first of several dark secrets surrounding Andrei Lubin s fashion studio and the notorious Jazz Cellar."