Peter Maxwell should be retired. Instead he’s been roped into supervising one last school trip to the Isle of Wight. At least he’s staying in a charming seafront hotel, and the staff are allowed a plus one. Art teacher, Tom Medlicott, brings his glamorous wife, Izzy, who turns more than a few heads on the first night. But the very next morning she’s vanished without a trace. The police tell Tom not to worry—she’ll turn up. But things take a sinister turn when Izzy’s first husband is found dead. Then Tom is discovered in a heap at the bottom of a staircase. Both men had their necks broken. One dead husband’s a tragedy. But two’s a coincidence too far. A murderer is hiding in plain sight and Maxwell must use his skills once again to find out who . . .