Darina Lisle hasn't seen her old schoolfriend Jemima Ealham for over ten years, so she is surprised - and more than a little curious - when out of the blue Jemima invites her to lunch.Eighteen months earlier Jemima's younger sister, Sophie, had died while giving birth to her son Rory. Unfortunately the name of the baby's father had died along with her, for Sophie had gone missing some months before her death and no one had known she was pregnant. Jemima asks for Darina's help in locating Rory's dad - despite opposition from her own father, millionaire businessman Basil Ealham.Darina agrees to make some enquiries. But life becomes complicated when her overworked husband, Detective Chief Inspector William Pigram, begins investigating a gruesome murder at a local food factory, which just happens to be owned by Basil Ealham's girlfriend. Read Less