Publisher's Synopsis
Amsterdam, 2001. A shoot-out in the city's docklands leaves one man grievously injured and a rival drug dealer killed outright. The injured man is Tony Spencer from Coventry, aka The Old Man. Once a prolific businessman, he is now considered public enemy number 1 but the National Crime Squad and the head of several smuggling rings operating between the UK, Holland, Morocco and Spain. At the age of 50, with bank robberies, counterfeiting, and several fortunes gained and lost behind him, he is on the run and living abroad. As Spencer's life hangs in the balance, his son Jason arrives in Amsterdam. While he prays for a miraculous recovery, he ponders who is father really is. Jason begins digging in earnest. He begins to piece together the story of The Old Man's life. Jason wonders that if he can come to understand his father's life, maybe he can begin to understand his own.
