"MI6 agent Penelope Standish attracts danger faster than a fighter jet attracts a heat seeking missile— usually with the same explosive results. Before she is in Baghdad 24 hours, Penelope has witnessed the murder of a colleague, seen her new friend Beatrice Marston abducted, and spent a night in the custody of the notorious Iraqi Security Force (ISF). To make matters worse, she arrives at her new post just as British authority in the region is declining and Arab nationalism is on the rise. Inspired by Nasser’s success in Egypt, a secret organization within the military is planning to overthrow the British supported Hashemite monarchy."