When Maria discovers Harriet Beecham's body in the river, she runs to tell the police. But first she takes something, a necklace. She knows that this is wrong, but she doesn't realise that other people also want the necklace. And they will do anything to find it.

You live in the past and you don't see how fast things are changing! Philip shouts at his father. Philip loves computers and basketball. Sometimes he thinks that no one else understands how important these things are. When Philip, his family and his team travel to a basketball match one Saturday, something happens which changes his life.