Manchester 2002 The Commonwealth Games are coming to town and the city is alive with possibilities But the pressure is getting to Tom Benwell, account manager at an advertising firm There are too many deals to make and lies to tell Meanwhile, his highly-committed friend, DI Jon Spicer, is on the fast-track However, in the aftermath of the Games, a serious of brutal killings shatters the city's new found spirit Jon Spicer gets the case Each victim has been murdered in the same grotesque manner and the lack of motive has left the police baffled