Three eo le, the Lakhanis, an Indian cou le, and an em loyee are shot dead by a long range sni er on a garage forecourt - a seemingly motiveless crime. Ten miles away another victim, rofoundly deaf Hannah Smithson, is also shot, though her boyfriend's brother Chris, targeted with her, survives but is unable to hel with any information. Ins ector Jane De Freitas, on the rebound from an affair with colleague Robert Drake, calls in the athology team but with the sni er at large and shooting indiscriminately Thomas is concerned for ex-wife Julia and their daughter Rosie, now living with former drug user Conrad Devenish. After a fifth victim, Martin Cross,a charity worker at a school is shot the killer rings Jane to tell her that he is unsto able