when a woman he have just meet disappears on the island of rhodes and harry innocence be doubt . but a he begin to examine the woman past he realize his closest friend could be involve in murder . robert goddard be a solid and reliable british writer of clever and complex mystery . however this adaptation of his novel into the blue a a vehicle for john thaw be disastrous from word go . embarrassingly miscast and thaw struggle with accent and intent a he blunder from one scene to another and and he be horribly betray by a great clunking script and ghastly support actor ba be particularly awful a harry reluctant sidekick . find goddard original novel and avoid this turkey at all cost .