An ugly duckling as a child Jodie Bentley had two dreams in life—to be beautiful and rich. Shes achieved the first with a little help from a plastic surgeon and now shes working hard on the second. Her philosophy on money is simple: you can either earn it or marry it. Marrying is easy its getting rid of the husband afterwards thats harder that takes real skill. But hey practice makes perfect. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is feeling the pressure from his superiors his previous case is still giving him sleepless nights there have been major developments with his missing wife Sandy and an old adversary is back. But worse than all of this he now believes a Black Widow is operating in his city. One with a venomous mind and venomous skills. Soon Grace comes to the frightening realization that he may have underestimated just how dangerous this lady is.