Can the truly rich get away with murder--or is there always a price?

Two days in May bring Colin Pinnock's career to a peak. His party wins a stunning election victory and he wins a new government office. Among the congratulations pouring in lurks one grubby card asking: "Who do you think you are?" Is this someone trying to put him down a peg, or is it someone holding damaging information? Come to think of it, is it possible that Colin's parents are not what they appear? As he probes, Colin is led back in time to an old political scandal and a murder case ushering a politician out of office--and out of sight ever after. Soon events in the present start tangling with those of the past and Colin finds himself facing something worse than the toppling of his career--his life is in danger.