A tie-up burglary at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly lady owner dying and millions stolen in valuables. But, her family tells Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, there is just one item, an heirloom of deep sentimental value, that they are determined to get back above all else.
Gradually Grace learns of the brutal lengths this family will go to, and how a history with the New York waterfront gang wars of the 1920s set forth a bloody chain of events that is set to continue. Soon, he finds himself in a race against the clock on a murderous trail across two continents, chasing a killer driven by the power of one man's greed and another man's fury.
Gradually Grace learns of the brutal lengths this family will go to, and how a history with the New York waterfront gang wars of the 1920s set forth a bloody chain of events that is set to continue. Soon, he finds himself in a race against the clock on a murderous trail across two continents, chasing a killer driven by the power of one man's greed and another man's fury.