**DCI Paul Stark discovers that the bitter legacy of WWI casts a long
shadow in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series.
London, 1921. Lord Johnny Fairfax has been found dead in his study,
along with a second victim, a mysterious American who arrived
unannounced the previous evening. For DCI Paul Stark, the case is
personal: he's in a relationship with Lord Fairfax's former wife, Lady
Amelia.
The dead man had no shortage of enemies. Winston Churchill, his former
colleague at the War Office, is convinced the murder is revenge for the
disaster at Gallipoli. Lady Amelia herself is accused of the crime. And
who was the American visitor? What was his connection with Lord
Fairfax - and could he have been the real target?
As Stark digs deeper, he uncovers evidence of a shocking conspiracy that
strikes at the heart of the British Establishment.**