It is 1939 and the Second World War looms ever closer. Blind war veteran,Frederick Rowlands, travels to the neutral territory of Ireland at the behest ofCelia Swift, whose husband, Edward Swift, Lord Castleford, has been receivingmysterious death threats.When a body is discovered, Castleford finds himself being accused of a murderhe did not commit. As Castleford's trial begins, Rowlands must fight to save hisfriend's reputation - and his neck from the gallows. But will the Blind Detectiveidentify the true killer in time, or will it be too late? In the latest instalment of Christina Koning's acclaimed Blind Detective series, acountry teeters on the knife-edge of war while a man's life also hangs in thebalance ...