Two murders, thousands of miles apart: one in London, one in Bangkok. The bodies brutally mutilated: an ace of spades impaled upon their chests.

In Washington, a US senator receives photographs of the corpses. And realises that his past has come back to haunt him.

Nick Wright is the British detective trying to solve the mystery of the double killing. His hunt for a motive takes him to the tunnels in Vietnam, where the American tunnel rats fought the dirtiest battle of the war against the Viet Cong. But there is a killer protecting the secrets of the tunnels. At whatever cost...

Praise for Stephen Leather

'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself' — Chris Ryan, author of The One That Got Away

'Lots of gunfire, tactical talk and imaginative plotting. Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it' — Sun

'In the top rank of thriller writers' — Jack Higgins, bestselling author