2003. Kabul has become a frontier city Afghanistan's fledgling democracy struggling with crime and corruption as NATO coalition troops gangs and warlords jostle for control. When the body of a British serviceman is discovered in the city's infamous tank graveyard the Kabul Police reach out for support in their investigation. Alasdair 'Mac' MacKenzie formerly of the Metropolitan Police is seconded to the team. Baz Khan an Afghan-American investigative journalist is in Kabul researching a story. Precious antiquities are disappearing amid the chaos never to be seen again. Baz is determined to uncover whoever is spiriting them away and she has a lead. . .The soldier's death was no accident. Why was he so far from the British base in the middle of the night? And alone? As Baz and Mac investigate they quickly realise they have each stumbled on something far bigger than they reckoned with. . .

Part of the MacKenzie and Khan series.