On the eve of the show for her latest collection in London Fashion Week, top designer Arabella Knight vanishes. Her daughter Joanna is beside herself with worry. Whatever can have happened to her? Is she ill? Has there been an accident? Or is this just a bizarre publicity stunt? For Joanna the next few days are a nightmare, as she frantically telephones the police and hospitals, desperate for any news of her mother, while making sure that the fashion show goes on. As the weeks pass, however, Joanna learns that her beautiful and charismatic mother had many secrets, secrets which will have a terrifying effect once they are revealed...