The coat was expensive, a woman's cashmere coat with the maker's name "Margo" prominently displayed. It had been dropped into the back of Paul Temple's car possibly by the people responsible for the disappearance of his wife Steve. A little while later, a second "Margo" coat surfaced literally. Sodden and stained, it was worn by a woman who...
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives.