Dido Hoare, a thirty-something antiquarian bookseller with a mind of her own, but a definite weak spot when it comes to dishy men, is driving back to London one rainy night after picking up a collection of books It's late, she's lost and she just wants to get home to bed and her beloved cat, Mr Sock, when an unseen driver forces her off the road Somewhat shaken, she puts it down to a couple of drunks playing stupid games and decides to forget all about it Until her Islington bookshop is broken into and her father receives a threatening note