Kidnapped, crated up like animals and shipped out to the Middle East, three beautiful English women will be sold into slavery. It's up to Hislop to rescue them. Hislop the vastly overweight private detective, hater of violence, hater of anything which smacks of danger to himself. Reluctant to help but forced into it by circumstances. Raza the psychopathic Arab who threatens to make Hislop a eunuch, terrifying the life out of the big detective. Lee the suspect terrorist who befriends them and promises to help them escape their captors. Can he be trusted? Lies, deceit, false promises, murder. Their ordeal seems never ending.