Washington...
Lowell C. Vandenberg has his sights focused on the Democratic nomination. Charismatic, handsome, happily married, he has all the right qualities for president, especially in the light of the inexplicable mistakes his rivals keep making. As scandal engulfs those who stand between Vandenberg and the White House it becomes clear that he is not all he seems. And his past is beginning to catch up with him.
Berlin...
Jack Lassiter is a US Customs Agent seconded to Germany, where he's on the trail of millions of Deutschmarks secreted around the world by high-ranking officials of the old East German government. His investigation twists in a new direction when the name Otto Krause crops up - for Krause is a Nazi war criminal implicated in countless atrocities at Schrobenhausen concentration camp. Krause has vanished - but Lassiter is a relentless pursuer.
As Vandenberg sets in motion the plans that will ensure his victory, and Lassiter begins to understand the implications of his discoveries, secrets men will kill to conceal start to emerge....