Marc Hooker: Self proclaimed marketing expert, aspiring entrepreneur, "accidental" womaniser and occasional amateur detective. In this, his first outing we find him starting the new year having recently lost his job, in the dog house with partner, Suzy and not looking forward to starting a temporary post in an apparently sleepy backwater of British industry. But Rachel, the beautiful girl he is replacing, was drowned in the nearby river only a few weeks before. It isn't long before Hooker discovers it wasn't the first suspicious death at the factory. That, along with theft, affairs and office rivalries soon has him suspecting murder, especially when an old love rival turns up unexpectedly. It isn't long before his investigations set off a series of events that threaten not just his relationship with Suzy but his career and ultimately his very life.