Flush with the proceeds from the 'Israeli Caper' Prentice takes up with Caroline Maxwell the daughter of Lord Stigwell of Bashwell Higham. She is working as a Financial Advisor at Spooner, Sedgewick & Pell a City branch of Standish Holdings Plc., her father's Business Empire - a relic of the Victorian Era. Prentice is looking for advice on where to invest his new found riches from the 'Israeli Caper'.

But it all comes apart at the seams when Caroline Maxwell is killed in a mysterious accident at the Devil's Elbow on a nearby country lane. Prentice is devastated and goes looking for answers, he uncovers a web of revenge, deceit and sharp practice, by a disaffected Standish executive demoted from the Standish Rome Office for dereliction of duty.

Dave Black grew up farming in a small village in rural Derbyshire and went on to travel the world as an Aero Service Engineer on fighters, freighters and passenger jets for the military, airlines and corporate operators. Before turning to showbiz, business and politics as an hotelier, elected member and motorbike stuntrider. These novels he wrote, whiling away hours of solitude in faraway places based on people he met and places he visited, often best forgotten.