Sir Nicholas Wellesley has been kidnapped for ransom, and at the request of his family DI Jericho and his team are pulled off the possible racially motivated murder case of a young Jamaican labourer to investigate the man's disappearance.
Dectective Inspector Jericho and his team are called in to investigate when the bodies of a murdered athletics star and his new bride are found in their honeymoon suite.
When a scientist is found murdered, anti-nuclear activists are suspected as being the culprits -- but when another body is found, DI Jericho suspects that there is another reason behind the murders.
A possible serial killer is suspected of being on the prowl when two young courting couples are found slain.
DI Jericho takes a chance at reaching stardom when he decides to audition for a hosting spot on a new television crime series, but soon realizes that there may be more to it than he's comfortable with.