About the book: 2012 / A clash between two gangs of gangsters involved in importing large quantities of cocaine into England, respectable gentlemen involved in unseemly affairs, a charming young girl and a love polygon... A At the center of the complicated events is the “sinister man” Major Emery, who lived in India for a long time and inherited a large trading house in London. Who is this mysterious guy? Wallace keeps the reader in the dark until the very end - and the denouement turns out to be all the more unexpected.