Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way. Harm done: Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple's daughter from her bedroom. The fallen curtain: Abducted briefly as a boy, Richard...

Detective Inspector Dave Greegan, his partner and the Organized Serial Crime Unit are called in to investigate the suspicious deaths of three London hospital patinents.

Three children have been abducted. The only clues are a daffodil, a yellow volvo and the testimony of a deranged psychic who has seen their eventual murder "through the clouds."