The coat was expensive. A woman's cashmere coat with the maker's name MARGO prominently displayed. It had been dropped into the back of Paul Temple's car- possibly by the people responsible for the disappearance of his wife Steve.
A little while later a second MARGO coat surfaced- literally. Sodden and stained, it was worn by a woman who had been brutally strangled and thrown into the Thames.
"Ask her about the coat" were the words that puzzled Temple. Words spoken in terror by a dying man...
Read by Toby Stephens star of BBC2's popular new comedy drama VEXED, featuring two maverick sleuths. Toby Stephens' previous credits include Prince John in ROBIN HOOD and Mr Rochester in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of JANE EYRE.