The series is based on the direct sequel to The Magpie Murders. Susan has left the publishing house and moved to Crete with her long-time boyfriend Andreas, but the shadow of a murder disrupts her beautiful life. After visiting a country hotel in the UK where a murder occurred eight years ago, Alan Conway wrote a novel based on what happened. Cecily Treherne, a young woman who helps run the hotel, reads the book and thinks the police have caught the wrong person. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secrets hidden in the book and find Cecily before it's too late?