I should be clear that this series is entirely a work of fiction: none of the characters are real. It isn’t intended as a commentary on the police investigation or the security services. However, at the heart of the Press and public interest in the Williams case was the question of whether his death told a story of his life, or whether his death was staged to tell a story that would disguise and distract us from his murder. That story, presented to the public, involved the implication of cross-dressing (£20,000 worth of women’s clothing was found in his flat) and a history of bondage websites on his internet browser, leading to suggestions that 31-year-old Williams died alone in an erotic game of escapology.