'It's quiet out there, ' says DS Atherton, at Bill Slider's office window. 'Too quiet.' Right on cue, the phone rings. 'Now look what you've done, ' says Slider. It's a homicide. The deceased is antiques expert Rowland Egerton, the darling of daytime TV. The press are going to be all over this one like a nasty rash: Slider needs a result, and soon.