Publisher's Synopsis
Soho, during the black-outs of the Second World War. When a piercing scream rends the air, Detective-Inspector McCarthy is soon on the scene, discovering a bloodied stiletto and a scrap of lace handkerchief - but no body... McCarthy must move through the dark, seedy Soho underworld - peopled by Italian gangsters, cross-dressing German spies, and glamorous Austrian aristocrats - as he attempts to unravel the connection between the mysterious Madame Rohner and the theft of secret anti-aircraft defence plans.
