Investigator Neil turns his attention to a possible sighting of Lucan in Australia. He creates a false identity and goes undercover in order to try to track down his man.
Lord Lucan goes on the run and, as the police begin a manhunt, his friends rally round; but what did happen to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan?
Lucan returns to his old countryside haunts and runs into trouble as the farmers hunt down the wolves he grew up with, and a local man with a guilty secret develops a grudge against him.