The murder of a junior Minister brought investigators from Scotland Yard to learn more about the crime but it is also saw pulled into the case the attention of John Boldre of the Cabinet Office. He was tasked with looking into any political motivations that might exist. What he will discover, besides the mystery of how the killer(s) got into a room that seemed undisturbed, is that the motive appears connected to a wartime Court of Inquiry and threatens to become an international scandal.