A dead body in Grazelema National Park, southern Spain leads Sergeant Hortez to believe there is a north African terrorist link, while his acting boss, Captain Mayor, is dismissively convinced this is ETA the Basque separatists. Fortunately his actual boss, Alfonso Diaz is on holiday with his friend DI Millicent Hampshire. The planned outrage seems to centre on the holiday resort of Barbate and the huge festival there ... Millicent's bomb squad experience comes to the rescue.