At the country home of a Harley street doctor, the illustrious, the notorious and the ambitious gather for a house party. The resulting trail of broken lives and dead bodies leads all the way to the crumbling core of the British establishment. This time Fitz's infamous ability to ' mix it' - class and race, sex and politics - is about to blow up in his face. Left to pick up the pieces is Russian emigre Commander Troy, now senior detective at Scotland Yard. Addicted to drugs after a brush with the white death - Troy is up to his neck in scandal, personally and professionally. And the English can be so unforgiving of a good scandal...