Am Strand wird die Leiche von Efrona Davis angespült. Die Presse stürzt sich auf den Fall, da die Tote eine prominente Entertainerin im Feriendorf "Wayland-Bucht" und Publikumsliebling in der Doku-Soap "Wayland-Baywatch" war.
Dalziel is investigating the disapperance of a teenage girl who was addicted to the Internet. He gets rough with the only suspect they have and gets booted off the case. Then a girl gets murdered at a holiday resort. Not any girl - a popular girl who won a TV reality contest. Then one of the holiday makers turns up dead as well. There are plenty of suspects but no real motive. Dalziel comes back onto the case. Another colleague is investigating a diamond heist. After Pascoe discovers a suspect from that case, by falling into a swimming pool, it looks like the cases could be linked
En skuespillerinde findes død på stranden, og normalt ville det være en sag for Dalziel, men han er suspenderet for at have gået over stregen i en kidnapningssag. Pascoe er dog ikke tilfreds med sin nye makker, der er mere optaget af en sag om diamanter til millioner, så han overtaler chefen til at lade Dalziel komme tilbage. Det eneste krav er, at Dalziel holder sig fra kidnapningssagen, som han afviser blankt. Men så modtager Dalziel en mystisk pakke, der får ham til at ombestemme sig.
