Description:

When Superintendent Mark Faraday begins to investigate the disappearance of a local lorry driver, a top secret UK/US intelligence operation designed to destroy the poppy fields of Afghanistan is unwittingly undermined. From the splendours of the House of Lords and the beauty of Venetian palazzos to the vastness of the deserts of Western Australia, Faraday pursues his investigation, haunted by the murder of one collague and mesmerised by the beauty of another.