When Sir John Fairbrother head of one of the world's biggest private banks burns to death along with his nurse in a catastrophic fire at his Somerset manor house Detective Inspector David Vogel finds himself dealing with a complex and mystifying sequence of events. If arson was involved as Vogel believes the obvious suspect is Sir John's chauffeur/gardener George Grey...but is he guilty? Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and bring those responsible for the fire and two further suspicious deaths to justice Vogel uncovers a tangled web of intrigue which exceeds anything he at first imagined.

Part of the DI David Vogel Series series.