A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes-- as an attorney for the premier white- shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he?s seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of a mystery that is, even by his standards, most peculiar. It soon becomes clear that beneath the bright lights of Europe lurks a shadowy underworld-- and its only rule is deadly ambition.