When Margaret Maltravers a seemingly innocent victim is brutally murdered at her beauty parlour, Detective Inspector Jane Douglas and Detective Sergeant Maureen Phipps find it hard to comprehend why. When another body is discovered who is the image of Margaret it seems it was a case of mistaken identity.

They are soon drawn into the world of corporate theft and intrigue but who killed these women and why? The reason behind the murders leaves the two detectives speechless.