Brodie Farrell has been asked to find some strange things in the course of her business, but this time it's personal. She's searching desperately for a cure for her baby's cancer. Attempting to keep the business afloat, Brodie's assistant Daniel Hood undertakes the hunt for a necklace stolen in a murderous robbery. Typically, his sense of fair play keeps him looking even after being attacked twice. Detective Superintendent Jack Deacon, Brodie's partner, investigates - partly as a distraction from his son's illness, partly because he begins to suspect that the hand behind these events belongs to Terry Walsh. But Walsh's first priority requires something that only Deacon can give him. What he offers in return presents Deacon with an agonising dilemma.
