Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Davenport of the Bedfordshire Police is approaching middle-age, lonely and depressed. He drinks too much, lacks motivation and is losing interest in his job. Life is beginning to wash over him. An apparent suicide, then a suspicious death on the railway draw him into the mysterious world of marine science. He travels to Essex, where, at the NEFAS laboratory in Chalkhill, he meets a young scientist, Gemma Trotsky, who quickly turns his head. As his investigation continues, he meets some of the cast of characters who had responsibility for the development of a Government research project. Does it, do they hold the key? Will love and, as the body count increases, having to work with a despised former colleague, prevent him keeping his mind on the case? The Rose Bengal Solution is the story of a few weeks during the Summer of 2002, that were to change Davenport's life, forever.