“Another stupid student,” thought the taxi driver, “she got drunk on cheap cider and wanders home in the middle of the night.” But then he saw her face...Faith Appleford was kidnapped, put a plastic bag over her head, tied with wire and taken to a secluded place. Miraculously, she managed to escape. Inspector Adam Fowley's police team immediately understands that the girl knows who attacked her. However, she insists: “The joke just went too far.” And he refuses to press charges. But detectives soon discover that she is hiding much more. It turns out that Faith is not Faith at all...