Max attends his mother's funeral in London, not knowing that Steve was also there. He meets Neil Pember, a former police colleague.

Robinson asks Max to look after his goddaughter, Billy. A Fleet Street favour ends in tragedy.

Max spends a weekend away from Harmony, looking after a hotel, where the only couple staying are a mystery. Lomax is left to play host to a married couple when he calls on an old friend and, later, becomes involved in a mystery when the wife is abducted.