Fra forlagets omtale: Nicholas Linnear is threatened with the destruction of his business empire, and of his soul. His investigations take himself and Lew Croaker into a labyrinth of terrifying connections between the Mafia, the Japanese Yukuza and the Government. Nicholas has to confront the legacy of his father and the rekindled memory of his first love, whilst Croaker is deeply embroiled in the machinations of two organised crime families.