Adapted from P.D. James's novel, this first installment of the popular television series has Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard wading into the sordid underbelly of London's nightlife after a drug dealer is killed at a club. Complicating matters is the one witness, a beautiful single mother visiting from the countryside. This web of lies, murder, passion and drug trafficking also stars John Vine as Inspector John Massingham.