Jersey detective Jim Bergerac returns from a recuperation leave to find his job in jeopardy and a colleague killed during an investigation into international gun sales to South Africa.

When Sir Edward Lister is found dead, it is assumed he died in the arms of another woman.

Jim faces brutality charges when he investigates a drug courier who had his package lifted by a pickpocket, who's now trying to sell the stuff himself.

A string of apparent accidents suggests to Jim that someone is determined to prevent a Korean War veteran from publishing his memoirs.

A civil servant exposed as a spy tries to flee to Moscow via Jersey, unaware that her Russian contact, with whom she is in love, has been told to eliminate her.

A young curate is found unconscious in a church and a group of young students seen messing around in the graveyard are suspected. Bergerac's investigation leads him to the Mitchell family and when he turns up at their daughter Felicity's wedding, Bergerac is not a welcome guest.