The episode opens with Rupert standing in for his agent, Christopher, as a prison visitor, talking to a prison literary society. When he gets home, he discovers that one of the prisoners has hidden a handwritten novel in his briefcase. Amy starts to read it out loud to Rupert and thinks it's rather good. The next day she goes to London to submit one of her paintings to the Royal Academy and, on the way, she calls in to Christopher's office to give him the manuscript. While Amy is away and Rupert is out, their flat is ransacked. The next morning, Christopher finds that his office has also been ransacked and the manuscript stolen. Rupert decides to investigate.
