When two young female artists are murdered in what look like ritualistic killings, the pressure is on to find a highly professional murderer. What is the link to the art world? Is the killer a disgruntled art critic? A twice-jilted lover? Or is there something far more sinister behind the slaughter?

The arrival of the father of one of the victims, millionaire businessman Davor Boras, brings in the big guns of the Home Office, MI5 and the CIA. It's not long before Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner gets called back to the frontline in a case that is as deadly as it is mysterious.

With an estranged son, a dubious assistant and connections in very high places, what is more important to Boras: business or family? And are the grieving parents hiding something that has nothing to do with happy families? There's too much at stake - there's going to be bloodshed - and Skinner's men are at risk of getting caught in the crossfire...