When the Marriage Guidance Council building is burnt down, suspicion falls on several people with a motive. The answer lies buried somewhere in the answerphone tapes. Meanwhile, Bert Lynch has a crisis of conscience over a family matter.
When he attends the scene of a serious accident, Alec Quilley starts to question his future in the police force. But a day on the beat makes him think yet again.
A girl is murdered near an old abandoned brickworks. She is well known to the police, but piecing together the details of her life proves harder than anyone could have realised.
