In this fast-moving tale, Tom Bradshott, a celebrity chef, who has led something of a charmed life with fame and fortune at his feet, begins to experience his life falling apart. To avoid losing his wife, daughter, career and reputation, he must revisit his family’s dark and troubled past during war-time Germany, where mass murder, intrigue and revenge lurked around each corner, and being in any way different under the Nazi regime all too often meant sudden death.