The new thriller from the 'master of the clever twist'. Richard Eusden is on his way to work in London one unremarkable winter morning when he receives some sad news- his friend Marty is dying, but needs a favour done for him - now, today, at once. Eusden reluctantly agrees and sets off on what should be a simple errand. But soon it turns into a race for life, across Belgium, Germany and Denmark and on into the Nordic heart of a mystery that somehow connects Marty's long dead grandfather with the tragic fate of the Russian Royal Family.