Publisher's Synopsis
Paris, 1919: In the aftermath of the Great War, with the fate of the world's nations hanging in the balance, a secret affair ends with the death of a senior British diplomat. The suspicious circumstances of the incident - a night-time fall from the roof of his mistress's apartment building - compel his son Max, an ex-Royal Flying Corps ace pilot, to look for enemies and motives for the killing. Standing in his way are all the powers-that-be, who want the case closed as an accident, thereby avoiding any disturbance of the peace talks with a scandal. Determined to defy them, Max throws himself head first into the dark heart of a seemingly impenetrable mystery - hell-bent on uncovering the truth.
