“It’s the trial - and scandal -of the decade: Greta Grahame, the beautiful young wife of Minister of defence Sir Peter Robinson, is accused of conspiring to murder her predecessor, Peter’s first wife, Anne.”
“When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his estranged son, Stephen. With his fingerprints on the murder weapon, Stephen’s guilt seems undeniable. But then the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in Northern France at the end of World War 2 lends credence to Stephen’s innocence.”
"Inspector Trave of the Oxford Police, last seen in The Inheritance, heads the manhunt for David, whom he first brought to justice two years earlier. But Trave’s suspicions lead him to Katya’s uncle Titus Osman, a rich diamond dealer, and his sinister brother-in-law, Franz Claes, who has gone to great lengths to hide his former ties with the Nazis."
"London is under attack and a mole burrowed deep inside MI6 has orders from Berlin to assassinate Winston Churchill. Hitler believes that with Churchill out of the way England will make peace. Only Detective Trave and the daughter of a man murdered by the mole are in a position to foil the plot, but time is running out and the odds are stacked against them."