Inspector Raj, the police chief in the quiet seaside town of Winmouth, doesn't often have to deal with serious crimes. But when a body with a puncture wound in its chest is found in the local vicar's boat, Raj decides to investigate on his own. Very soon it becomes clear to him that the case will not be easy - all the witnesses do not say something, the victim's niece disappears under mysterious circumstances, and the name of the murdered person is in question...