Flush with the proceeds from the ‘Israeli Caper’ Prentice takes up with Caroline Maxwell the daughter of Lord Stigwell of Bashwell Higham. She’s a Financial Advisor at Spooner, Sedgewick & Pell a City branch of Standish Holdings Plc., her father’s Merchant Trader – a relic of the Victorian Era. Prentice is looking for advice on where to invest his new found riches.
But it all comes apart at the seams when Caroline is killed, in a mysterious accident at the Devil’s Elbow on a nearby country lane. Prentice is devastated and goes looking for answers, he uncovers a web of revenge, deceit and sharp practice, by a disaffected Standish executive demoted from Standish’s Rome Office for dereliction of duty.
A deadly trail of mayhem across the length and breadth of the Apennine Peninsular follows as Prentice calls in long time buddy Collins. He’s on the trail of Gerald Furniss as the disaffected Standish Exec., hooks-up with Mafia pal Rossini from his days in Rome, at the Crystal Room Casino on the Via Veneta.
