When former Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper stumbles across the body of a child, Jolly Marks, he can little imagine what the discovery will lead him to. Cooper finds himself under suspicion for not only Jolly's murder, but others as well. Assisted by his former boss, Van Nierkerk and his beautiful, enigmatic mistress Lana, Cooper's investigations will lead him into Durban's murky underworld of pimps, prostitutes, strange, sinister preachers, and those on the wrong side of the race laws. Cooper will find that there is more to Jolly's barbaric murder than he could ever have realized...