FBI agents Jack Harper and Oscar Hidalgo breathe a sigh of relief after violent diamond smuggler Karl Steinbach is finally arrested. Vowing vengeance on those who brought him down, Steinbach is awarded his opportunity when a dodgy deal makes him a free man. Jack and Oscar soon find that Steinbach does not make idle threats.

This book tells the story of an extraordinary group of families, the Lockwoods, the Days and the Metcalfes of Yorkshire and London, and their contingent of wealthy and notable people. Among the wealthiest was the boot blacking manufacturer Charles Day, who made the kind of fortune that would easily rank him alongside today's richest rock stars. Perhaps the most notable, indeed noble, was Priscilla Cecilia Armytage-Moore who became the Countess of Annesley. But they are not alone. Other family members include influential architects such as Henry Lockwood the designer of Bradford Town Hall and...