Umiko Wada has had quite enough excitement in her life. With her husband recently murdered and a mother who seems to want her married again before his body is cold she just wants to keep her head down. As secretary to a private detective her life is pleasingly uncomplicated filled with coffee runs diary management and paperwork. That is until her boss takes on a new case. A case which turns out to be dangerous enough to get him killed. A case which means Wada will have to leave Japan for the first time and travel to London. Following the only lead she has Wada quickly realises that being a detective isn't as easy as the television makes out. And that there's a reason why secrets stay buried for a long time...

Part of the Umiko Wada series.