Bernie Gunther finds civilian life is not as straightforward as it seems in the latest thriller in this best-selling series. The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving one of the most famous British writers of the 20th century, Somerset Maugham, and the Cambridge Spies. A Chandleresque mystery!