When a beautiful art historian is found dead – with an empty bottle of sleeping pills and a glass of whisky at her side – several influential people want to know why. One theory blames an Inland Revenue enquiry and Willow King is sent to investigate the tax inspectors.
As she battles with the dramas of her private life and the increasing suspicions and dnagers at work, Willow is drawn into a full scale murder hunt – and comes face to face with some very unpleasant realities…