Inspector Roy Darnley is investigating the discovery of the body of a young girl who has been missing for sixteen years. The body is found buried in the garden of a house currently owned by a young man whose father becomes the prime suspect. Can he prove his deceased father's innocence? Inspector Paul Manley is investigating the murder of a woman bludgeoned to death in her own home. Is it what it seems, a burglary gone wrong? or is there more to both these cases? Is it possible the two cases are linked? If so, how does this put Paul's friend at risk? and can Paul save him from being the next victim in a bizarre chain of events?