While visiting the island of Skua, reliable Tim and his blind sister Janey are joined by a waif-like "witch" named Perdita in an effort to foil a gang of jewel thieves.
When a man and a woman swap jobs and cities temporarily, they face many problems large and small, but their phone calls develop into romance.
Dougie Molloy is a widower, whose daughter disappeared three years ago. At the time, he was suspected of murdering her. Three years later, Dougie falls in love with divorcee Maggie Shields but has a difficult relationship with her daughter, Scarlett. The day after the couple get married, Scarlett disappears, and Dougie is again the prime suspect.
