It is 1946 and the whole country is shocked by the disappearance of a young woman who according to a note found at the scene of the crime is the victim of a certain mr gregory when a second girl disappears sir graham forbes of scotland yard appeals to temple and steve for help their investigations take them from a lonely yorkshire clifftop to the blitz damaged east end from a gangster run mayfair nightclub to a deserted warehouse on the thames always with danger round the corner and mr