An Englishman dies in a car bomb explosion in Holland. A professionalassassination with no chance that the killers will be caught. The Dutchinvestigators cannot fi nd a motive for the killing of Simon Craig and pass thefiles to the British police.

Newly promoted Chief Inspector Randall is given the task of investigatingSimon Craig’s background, family, and friends. He quickly discovers thatCraig was a conceited and ruthless womanizer living a multidimensional lifeand making himself very rich at the expense of his employers.

Randall deduces that Craig was also blackmailing his bosses. The evidenceCraig was threatening them with showed the workings of The Club–anillegal cartel. Craig had sent the proof to his solicitor in Penzance forsafekeeping. When Randall visited Susan Robson, she claimed it hadbeen destroyed in a fire.

Randall suspends the investigation just as Robson and a friend decide topublish Craig’s documents and expose widespread corruption in business andan EU department responsible for competition law compliance.Two more people die before Robson and her friend can be stopped. No onein authority wants the story to break.