John Clay returns to the London boudoir of his flame haired ex, Belinda. After a night of drink, food and passion he dreams that he murders his old friend Raymond. The next morning he discovers all that now remains of Raymond is his burnt and bloody carcass.

Did he sleepwalk? Did he witness the murder in his dreams? What powers do his dreams actually hold? John Clay begins a murder investigation in which he himself is the prime suspect, and where the only thing more terrifying than nightmares is reality.