<p>Detective Chief Inspector Tom Stone was contemplating taking early retirement. His face just didn&#39;t fit any more and he was sure he was being deliberately excluded from bigger operations. His health was starting to suffer. His doctor said it was stress-related but he had always thrived on stress - hadn&#39;t he? Tom Stone&#39;s life was about to change. Soon he would not only find himself falling in love but also trying to solve a bizarre series of murders: murders that bore a chilling resemblance to those in a new TV series. With the media playing up the connection, the entire nation was gripped and tuning in to watch each episode in record numbers. If he couldn&#39;t stop the killer, then the decision on his retirement might well be taken out of his hands.</p>