Whilst in Malta, Paul and Steve are drawn into the 'sweet life' of a group for whom luxury has become a necessity - a life that soon lures the innocent beyond boredom and into danger. Created by Francis Durbridge.
Paul Temple and his wife meet an old acquaintance, ex-gangster Ingmar Hansen, on a deserted island in Sweden. He asks Paul for help. Not an easy story, because there will soon be a dead person...
Bulls, Christian martyrs and gladiators have met their end throughout the centuries at the ancient arena in Arles. But is the bullring about to be used for another sport - like the killing of escaped criminals?
Specialists are strange people, and Temple must content with them in his latest case.The specialist can be a bodyguard one day, and an assassin the next. Above all, they are very efficient and reliable to the man who pays them - first.
Very efficient, these intelligence agents. Almost clever enough to conceal the truth from the Temples as they make a surprise visit on an old friend in a small Riviera fishing port.
Paul becomes involved in the world of horseracing, and soon finds himself involved in a takeover bid between two sides of a large criminal organisation.