A homeless man discovers the torso and arm from a woman's body in a trash bin behind Dido's bookshop. Then other body parts turn up nearby. The police believe the killer is part of an eastern European drug ring trafficking in human parts, but they haven't been able to trace the victims or find the killer. Dido becomes personally involved when a teenager who has been working for the gang seeks asylum with her, and additional body parts are left on the railing outside her home.