London police superintendent Thomas Pitt was approached by his childhood friend Matthew Desmond with a request for help. His father, Sir Arthur, had recently died suddenly. Opium was found in the brandy glass he drank before his death. Suicide? That’s what many who knew Sir Arthur think—because the old man had long been not himself and kept talking about some conspiracy… But his son is sure it was murder. Matthew swore that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is leaking the most important information about Britain’s colonial policy in Africa. And it is leaking—not anywhere, but straight to the German embassy! And Sir Arthur knew about it…
Pitt promises to find who is responsible for the death of Desmond Sr. But he can’t do it again without his wife Charlotte…