As Joan Dingham awaits her release from prison, her former partners in crime - Beryl, Phyllis and Bee - prepare for her return with hushed excitement Only one of the original gang is missing - Diana, now deceased But before the Joan is released, another spate of murders rocks the town The corpses bear the same markings as those of Joan's victims years before Senior policewoman Charmaian Daniels, is put in charge of these new murder cases - and soon senses an uncomfortable echo of the past inhabiting the present Then Diana appears out of the blue - but she has been dead for years - hasn't she?