Boris is a mop-haired spaniel with views (which he's rarely slow to express); Rory is the thinking dog's man. Rory has arrived in London and needs a job. Boris doubts he'll find one.

Wrong. Along comes Barney, the billionaire from Queensland. But what's Barney's real game? Certainly, it's subtle. Will Boris - or Rory - be able to thwart him? If they do, how will Barney react? Remember: He's Australian.

Then there's Rory's love life: The dating scene is hardly plain sailing. There is, though, Greta, his landlady's sister. How very concerned she is when he gets that horrid injury...

It's a bumpy ride for Boris on the love front too. He's met the beautiful mop-haired Elodie, but will they get it together? Elodie's owner seems to want them to and she's the French screen sensation Gabrielle Chantal.

It all comes to a head on a rainswept moor in Scotland. There... a hut. And a gallows.