Ever regretted an impulse buy? Greg Stewart certainly does. When the unassuming college lecturer finds a code in the pocket of a second-hand waistcoat it leads him to the code's instigator...murdered in his home. Suddenly, Greg and his family are in grave danger. With twenty-four hours to find the rest of the code before his aunt is killed, Greg unlocks previously unknown reserves of cunning, bravery and determination in his search for the missing links. As his family relationships fall apart, Greg is pitched ever deeper into a previously unknown world of murder, kidnap and betrayal where international crime meets local wide boys and where no one is quite what they seem in a weekend that will change his life forever.