Velvet upholstery, starched white linen, immaculate tea service, billowing steam: DI Caius Beauchamp should feel out of place on this luxury day-trip to Bath. But, sitting across from the most beautiful woman he's ever known, Caius is slowly learning to relax into the finer things life has to offer. Even the excesses of their fellow passengers don't phase him. What Caius doesn't know is that, in 24 hours, at least one of the other occupants of this train carriage is going turn up dead - and he'll be asked to head up the investigation.