Eddie Drax is a successful businessman with a short fuse and a taste for big blondes. A lot of people don't like him: ex-girlfriends, business rivals, even his colleagues. He's not an easy man to like. When Eddie is found asphyxiated at the wheel of his garaged Porshe, DCI John Anderson investigates - not surprisingly, Eddie's death wasn't suicide. Suppressing his distaste, Anderson becomes involved in Drax's circle of passionate women and jealous husbands. The opportunity to renew his acquaintance with Catherine Marshall, Drax's demure accountant, is a considerable consolation for Anderson. And he's confident he'll find the killer. Instead, he discovers romance, seduction, a lesbian couple with dark secrets - and another murder.