Richard West has a bad day. He loses his job at a university. It gets worse: his house is demolished, he is injured and his wife Alex has disappeared. He begins to fight back against his attackers, but who are they? And will his wife Alexandra be in danger if he retaliates? Richard trusts his wife's judgement and believes that all will be well. Then there is a murder and things get murky. Alexandra is faced with a life-or-death choice: unless she hands over the fortune, first her daughter then her husband will be killed. She tells him, 'Just trust me, Richard.'