When his son's Chinese house guest, Suyin Qu, goes missing, Hawk reckons that it's her prerogative and declines to look for her. Shortly afterwards two men break into Jaikie's house looking for her and make the mistake of attacking him. However, the only thing they steal is a valuable bonsai tree. Could it be that there's more to Suyin's disappearance than a lapsed visa. As Hawk tracks down Suyin's acquaintances it isn't long before he stumbles...