Das Treffen mit ihrem ehemaligen Geliebten nach so langer Zeit macht Elisabeth Angst. Er ist inzwischen ein Mann mit scheinbar unbegrenzter Macht, der vor nichts zurückschreckt. Unversehens wird Elisabeth zum Spielball einer Intrige, die mehr als Menschenleben kostet...
Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) was an English writer of thirty-seven works of fiction including crime novels and thrillers, some of which he wrote under noms de plume Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. He served in RAF Bomber Command during World War II, flying thirty-seven sorties as a bomber-aimer. He recorded his wartime experiences in his one non-fiction work, the memoir The Eighth Passenger. After the war, Tripp studied law and worked as a solicitor, and started to write fiction during his spare time. He lived in Hertfordshire, England.