Death comes to Birmingham disguised as W.C. Fields John Klines gone straight. Or hes trying to. The restaurant business isnt all hed hoped for not with his old nemesis Inspector Khan pulling the strings of the liquor licencing board. Khans willing to cut a deal but he isnt the only one. Shadowy forces of conspiracy and counter-conspiracy converge, and Kline has a choice play the respectable citizen or play his own game. By his side, Anne Darracott, off the needle but on guard. She and Kline share a history but not all of it. Meanwhile, a new danger rises in the east. The White Devil, a legend out of the arcane, death himself if death
