1955 When Mirabelle Bevan is rescued from a fire at her home on the Brighton seafront she's lucky to escape unharmed
- but the blaze takes the life of her neighbour Dougie Beaumont a dashing & successful racing driver living in the flat above It soon becomes clear that this was arson raising questions about the young man's death that Mirabelle can't resist investigating further With her curiosity piqued & on the trail of a potential killer she finds herself taking on the mysterious world of Fleet Street with its long lunches & dodgy deals as well as the glamorous motor racing world at Goodwood It gradually becomes clear to Mirabelle that Dougie Beaumont's life was not as above-board as it first seemed & that this talented man had many secrets hidden when he was alive by his international lifestyle where he was constantly on the move Then when a second shocking murder takes place Mirabelle's pursuit is frustrated first by Dougie's well-connected & suspicious family & then by the official investigation
- led by her would-be lover Superintendent Mc Gregor With the help of her colleague at Mc Guigan & Mc Guigan Debt Recovery Vesta & some of her ex-intelligence service connections Mirabelle discovers the dark secrets of the glamorous racing driver have ramifications far beyond the English coastline