Dalziel is less than pleased to discover that a young girl who was kidnapped and murdered 19 years ago has reappeared alive and well. During his efforts to disprove her identity, she dies for a second time, almost taking the truth with her. When a series of strange tragedies beset the Harlesdon Hunt, Dalziel recognizes that they are not unconnected "accidents" at all. Is it the work of saboteurs?