Gerry Wilson was born in rural Ireland almost thirty years ago. His family moved to the exotic climes of the industrial West Midlands of England when he was a lad. While his parents have since returned to the homeland, Gerry has got married and divorced. Being a gentle, easy going soul he had little say in either of these events but went along with both for the sake of the easy life. Gerry has also left his safe job in a bank to become a teacher, something he's wanted to do since leaving school and finally made the big break. All of these things apart, Gerry's life has been fairly mundane, a state of affairs that he was more than happy to remain. Any chance Gerry had of continuing to meander along the backwaters of existence were blown away when a whirlwind called Victoria Daniels decided to place her well-manicured hand on his tiller. Victoria is also a teacher at Gerry's school but is his polar opposite in every other respect. She's a wealthy, confident, attractive older woman... and married. Victoria begins an affair with Gerry but her husband Lenny isn't exactly the understanding type and more important, he has unsavoury friends. Another worry albeit a less frightening complication is that Gerry's best friends, a lesbian couple Lyndsey and Violet, decide they want a baby and see Gerry as ideal donor material. These problems however are to become minor irritations when Victoria disappears in suspicious circumstances. Foul play is suspected and all of the evidence seems to point straight at Gerry.