Apple Orchard is not everyone's favourite character in the long running soap opera The Orchards of Bluestone Bay. But, when she is murdered and DCI Norman Freeman's relative is the chief suspect, Private Investigator Richie Stevens and his assistant Sandy Smith become involved in the investigation. Solving the case amidst a seething cauldron of inflated egos and jealousies involves a shift of emphasis in the existing relationship between Richie and Sandy. But how with this develop and why has Sandy suddenly disappeared?