A young woman, who has led a scandalous life that has shocked the local village community, suffers severe burns in an appalling accident. But how can she have returned to her village church in order to seek forgiveness for her past sins, when she is lying in a coma in hospital? Enter a man in a duffel coat and shaggy hair with the answer... But this time it isn't Jonathan Creek!

Jonathan joins forces with theatrical agent Carla Borrego to solve the baffling mystery surrounding the murder of a glamorous movie actress in a Scottish castle.