Taken from the VHS box: An anonymous note. A straightforward case, so Detective Chief Inspector Wexford and his grim-faced assistant, Mike Burden, assume.
The man's name is Smith, his victim, Anita Margolis. Investigations reveal that wealthy, flighty and immoral, perhaps she had invited the crime.
After all, nice girls don't bring lovers home in the afternoon. And nice girls keep their money in safe places.
But you can't have a murder without a body. Or can you?