The third instalment of the }Tom Buckingham{ series. On a freezing winter's night, a lone assassin skims across the Thames towards his target: Vernon Rolt, Britain's most powerful new politician. MI5 operative Tom Buckingham is undercover inside Rolt's organisation, and must deal with rogue assassins, and shadowy, Crimean oligarchs On a freezing winter's night, a small craft skims the Thames towards London's most exclusive riverside hotel. On board is a lone assassin, his target - Britain's most powerful new politican. In a nation threatened by extremists, billionaire businessman Vernon Rolt's plans for a zero-tolerance crackdown have touched a popular nerve.