War rages across Europe. France is under the Nazi thumb. Britain has its
back to the wall. In London, Scotland Yard detective Merlin investigates
a series of disturbing events - a young girl killed in a botched
abortion, a French emigre shot in a seedy Notting Hill flat, a
mysterious letter written by a British officer, gunned down in Crete.
With action spanning Buenos Aires, New York, Cairo and occupied France,
Merlin and his team are plunged into a dark world of espionage, murder,
love and betrayal.