Disheartened By Her Recent Performance, Beatrice Stubbs Takes A Sabbatical From The Metropolitan Police For A Gourmet Tour Of Northern Spain. In Vitoria, She Encounters A Distant Acquaintance. Beautiful, Bloody-minded Journalist Ana Herrero Is Onto A Story. Beatrice, Scenting Adventure, Offers Her Expertise. The Two Women Are Sucked Into A Mystery Of Missing Persons, Violent Threats, Mutilated Bodies And Industrial-scale Fraud. They Are Out Of Their Depth. With No Official Authority And Unsure Who To Trust, They Find Themselves Up To Their Necks In Corruption, Blackmail And Rioja. Beatrice Calls For The Cavalry. The Boys Are Back, And This Time, It's A Matter Of Taste. But When Her Instincts Prove Fallible, Beatrice Discovers That Justice Is Matter Of Interpretation.