Two murders, two years and eight thousand miles apart. Trained killers waiting patiently outside the opera at the Verona Arena. Shadowy figures ransacking a Lake Como hotel room. A chance encounter on a tropical beach in the place that sweeps clean in the country that isn't there. Five separate events. One connection. Corley James' holiday comes to an abrupt end when he is told that his father has been murdered. He has to immediately abandon his plans and use all of his energy and intellect to work out how these events are connected, or become the killer's next victim. As he is pursued relentlessly across Europe and Australia, Corley deciphers a series of cryptic messages left by his father which lead him to uncovering one of the greatest political scandals of all time. However, Corley's ability to bring the scandal to the world's attention hangs in the balance when he is finally confronted by the killer. It is a confrontation that only one of them will survive.