This is the second book in the George Melville Mystery series and as such sees our eponymous hero investigative officer George Melville, who ostensibly works for a law firm get tangled up once again in the murky world of pre-second world war espionage. After encountering some shocking news, and a completely life-changing event in Scotland, he is flung half way around the world on the behest of his new employer at HM Secret Service where he fights...