The stables belonging to the wealthy Mrs Woods have recently burned to the ground. Fire Investigator, Mr Lewis, has been put on the case after forensics discover that the fire was started by a discarded cigarette butt. Further conversations with Mrs Woods shows that three of her stable girls are all smokers and have been previously cautioned for smoking near the stables. Mrs Woods does not wish a full police investigation, and therefore the media trappings that would come with such an investigation for fear it would ruin her business, her reputation and her riding school. So she agrees to give...

The stables belonging to the wealthy Mrs Woods have recently burned to the ground. Fire Investigator, Mr Lewis, has been put on the case after forensics discover that the fire was started by a discarded cigarette butt. Further conversations with Mrs Woods shows that three of her stable girls are all smokers and have been previously cautioned for smoking near the stables. Mrs Woods does not wish a full police investigation, and therefore the media trappings that would come with such an investigation for fear it would ruin her business, her reputation and her riding school. So she agrees to give Mr Lewis carte blanche in using his unorthodox and unofficial methods to question, and severely punish, her stable girls.