Detective Inspector Claire North is recovering in a high-class leisure centre in the highlands, from a recent ordeal. She meets the popular TV detective, Lilian Watson - an old pupil of the owner, Julie McLeonard - and the Culture Minister Sir James Hayward. When media consultant Tony Williamson checks in with his PA, Helen Holmes-Smith, old scores come to the surface and the restful weekend is transformed with sleaze, drugs and murder. But does the right person get murdered?