Charles Lorrimer wants to die. Unable to kill himself he carefully plans his own murder, but can he find a willing murderer?
After far too many drinks, a man boasts to his drunken pals he can knock at any random house and get 50 pounds just by saying "I know all about it, pay up or I will tell". He picks the wrong house to carry out this escapade.
The socially ambitious Dunns learn just how vicious and destructive it can be when the victim of the black-mail turns out to be their 13-year-old son
Loyalty and honour between brother and officer is part of the unwritten code of the Army - an admirable tradition. But can it ever justify the kind of blackmail used against Trooper Tanner by Woodthorpe and Endean?