简介：Intherun-uptoChristmas,BarnabyandJonesfindthemselves,thankstotheirveryyoung'wonderboy'chiefsuperintendent,onateam-buildingexerciseatthelocalTerritorialArmyCentre,runbyMattParkes.ColonelParkesisahighlyrespectedman,unlikehiswomanizingwasterofason,Jamie,whoishatedbyall,evenCaroline,hisgrand-mother,whosedaughterdiedgivingbirthtohim.EspeciallybitterisPennyGalsworthy,wifeofanotherT.A.officerandgarageownerTim,whosedaughterkilledherselfafterbeingimpregnatedbyJamie,andshestalkshimobsessively.GeorgeBarkham,anothersoldier,missedoutonbeingpromotedtoapartnershipatMattParkes'haulagefirm,thankstoJamie,whoisalsoblack-mailingGeorge'sdaughter.TheParkes'yardistorched,causinganexplosionandawatch-manalmostkilled.ThenacriminalassociateofJamieandJamiehimselfbothmeettheirmakerinquicksuccession...…