Publisher's Synopsis
Just moments after Inspector McLean and his team leave the scene of a quadruple homicide, the whole place disappears into a ball of fire that consumes six more victims. And all of the evidence. With no way to identify the bodies, the detectives are unsure where to begin their investigation - until an agent of MI6 walks into Scotland Yard and starts issuing orders. The CIA isn't far behind, threatening to turn an impossible case into an international crisis with unimaginable consequences. The action flows to Moscow and back, orchestrated by a brilliant, supremely well-connected peer of the realm who makes Machiavelli look like an amateur. The only question is: Whose side is he on?
