When ex-mercenary Max Iversson accompanies a nightclup owner to a pre-arranged ‘mee‘ in a deserted north London industrial estate, it turns out to be not so much a set-up as bloodbath. Three men have been shot, the briefcase Iversson has been guarfing is empty - and he wants to know why.So begins a hunt for answers that will take him into direct conflict with Detective Sergeant John Gallan - and both men into very dangerous territory.