Story of the homicide investigation into the brutal murder of Beth Barnard in September 1986. Beth was found at her Phillip Island cottage with her throat cut and the letter 'A' carved into her abdomen. Her lover's wife disappeared and the coroner's court found that the wife had killed her rival and then committed suicide. No trace of her body has ever been found. Introduces the reader to the nature of a major homicide investigation and the capabilities and limits of forensic work.