London 1949.
At the height of the Cold War, highly sensitive information is being passed beyond the Iron Curtain from somewhere near the sleepy village of Pewsey. Archie Freestone is sent undercover from the War Office to investigate.
Within twenty-four hours, the body of a man is discovered in a roadside ditch on the outskirts of the village.
Archie teams up with an old friend, local police inspector Noah Jackson, to solve the murder.
Meanwhile, a mysterious woman checks into the hotel, demanding an interview with the inspector.
Who is she, and why is she here?
A gripping who-done-it in this, the first of the Archie Freestone mysteries.