Steven Parnell was charged with murdering several young girls the previous summer and was killed while waiting for trial in prison. Morse did not participate in the case because he was on vacation for most of the investigation. Morse was interested in the fact that one of the victims, Karen Anderson, had never been found. It was speculated that her body had been dumped in a nearby lake. But before his death, Panell admitted to his priest that he was not responsible for the murder. When one of the witnesses in the case, George Daley, was murdered, Morse and Lewis tried to find the reason for Anderson's disappearance. They also want to know why they didn't find Anderson's camera - she is a fanatical photographer. They met a group of middle-aged men whose hobby was to take so-called glamorous photos.