A human body found burned to ashes on the floor of a London apartment, and a notorious female criminal still on the run twenty years after she's supposed to be dead...

These are just some of the problems facing police officer Keith Parker as he finds himself inexorably drawn into a very dark and dangerous situation the like of which he has never encountered before in all his years working for the London Met.

Who is the mysterious woman called Sterling? What is the significance of the black rose found lying next to the body in the apartment, and why has a London Chinese crime gang suddenly taken an interest in the whole affair?

What happens next is the stuff of nightmares...!!!