Someone in the Colonial Office is passing secrets to Germany about
England's strategy on Africa. While Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt
investigates this matter of treason, he is quietly looking into the
tragic death of his childhood mentor, Sir Arthur Desmond. Pitt believes
that Sir Arthur was murdered, and that the crime is connected with the
treachery in the government. And when the strangled body of an
aristocratic society beauty is found floating near lonely Traitors Gate,
Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, begin to see clearly the pattern of
tragedy and frightening evil that Pitt must deal with, at the risk of
his career--and his life.