 There are many suspects and characters to trouble DI Frost's mind including; the mother's client with a false alibi, the vicar with a penchant for pornography and a local psychic who claims she knows where to find the body of the young girl.At the same time other cases also need to be solved, as Frost's colleague DI Allen is suddenly rushed to hospital, leaving him alone to investigate some attempted break-ins at a local bank and a 30-year-old skeleton with a severed arm.Detective Constable Clive Barnard, the nephew of the Chief Constable, is another problem Frost faces when the new detective is freshly-transferred to Denton and takes an immediate dislike to Frost's methods.