British Intelligence fear that a journalistic investigation into their collaboration with war criminals during and after the War will cause a political scandal. Mallory, one of their bright young men, is given the task of digging up the dirt before the press do. What he uncovers in Holland and Germany is a web of deceit, betrayal and cold- blooded murder. But can he prove it to his bosses when the only person who has all the answers does not want to be found?