When it comes to property, Reggie Crystal and Terry Reece-Morgan have half of West London carved up between them. But both men have problems: Reggie's is that he likes to swing by the neck from light fittings, while Terry has a wife in intensive care and can't wait to pull the plug. Darren Friend, self-made psychopath and social climber, is desperate to go play with the big boys, but he has too many friends in low places and a high class girlfriend who needs satisfying, materially and physically.