Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard finds himself entangled in a case that goes to the very heart of English society. A great newspaper is threatened with ruin, its reporters with murder, and England is faced with losing its lifeline to the world. What?s more, the lives of thousands of innocent and defenceless people are at risk, and it is up to Gideon to find the single crazed genius who is behind it all.

Master crime fiction writer John Creasey's near 600 titles have sold more than 80 million copies in over 25 languages across 100 countries under both his own name and more than 20 other pseudonyms. His style varied with each identity and led to him being regarded as a literary phenomenon. Amongst the many series written were Gideon of Scotland Yard, The Toff, The Baron, Dr. Palfrey and Inspector West, as JJ Marric, Michael Halliday, Patrick Dawlish and others.