Mary Irwin was crushed by a truck. The police ruled it an accidental death, but her husband Bill isn't so sure: his own memory of the night is clouded by amnesia—could he have pushed her himself?

His investigations uncover an affair between Mary and her boss, a murderous blackmail conspiracy, the identity of a 'missing' Nazi war criminal, and a ruthless killer whose only weakness is his horror of rats . . .

The eighth novel by the prolific John Blackburn (1923-1993), one of the most popular British thriller and horror writers of his day, The Winds of Midnight (1964) features a whirlwind plot that proceeds at breakneck pace towards an explosive conclusion.