The In Crowd (Main)

One natural death can be regarded as a misfortune. Two begins to look like murder. A woman drowns unnoticed in the Thames. She was an alcoholic, and the police barely look into her death, or her life. A theatre-goer is found dead in his seat. This time the police are interested, and Detective Caius Beauchamp and his team set to work. Or they will, once they can identify the dead man, who had no ID or personal belongings in his hotel room. As the case points back towards a historic disappearance, Caius needs to pull himself together: he's ate a whole carrot cake for lunch, and hasn't brought in vegetable smoothies for his team in days. Then a mysterious invitation arrives for Caius, complete with a tailored suit he could never afford. It promises to lead him further into the corrupt world of the rich and powerful - but it might also allow him to understand the death of a woman who would otherwise be forgotten. Is that a compromise he's prepared to make?