Detective Sergeant Kate Power is sent to work an undercover job at a holiday complex in Devon.

Things are looking good for Kate; she’s passed her promotion exams, her relationship with Rod Nevile is going well and she wins a holiday in a prize draw – which is when her problems begin. What is going on at the south coast holiday complex, run down but with strange touches of luxury?

Almost before she knows it, Kate is whisked away to another complex in the same chain, working undercover as a cleaner. Partnered with Craig, an uncouth misogynist, she’s reminded that not all good guys are attractive, nor all villains unpleasant.

As the net closes in on the people at the heart of the crime, Kate is faced with an appalling dilemma – but not before Craig has put her life at risk.