Publisher's Synopsis
"Egleton is a master". - PUBLISHER`S WEEKLY A Queen's Messenger is tortured to death in Latin America - and Peter Ashton is once again in the front line... Adam Zawadzki's brutal murder shocks everyone at SIS. When Ashton starts to probe deeper into the Messenger's background and what he was carrying, he comes up against nods and winks urging him not to look too closely. Then an innocent London housewife dies during a botched burglary and the case becomes urgent. Soon, Ashton has teased out most of the actors in a baffling chain of intimidation and bribery. But can he find out how they are connected before more innocents die?
