Islands are rarely conducive to major crime, if only because the getaway is too difficult...
Berlitz Travel Guide to Madeira
Frank Mason has had enough - almost. He's a tough gangland boss, a hardened bank robber, feared and respected by the London underworld. Yet he feels there must be more to life than juggling a manipulative mistress with his scheming wife Elsie, and stifling the unnerving feeling that his father-in-law - who taught him everything he knows - is watching every move he makes.
Frank needs to make a new life for himself, far away. But to do so, he needs money and for him there is only one way to get it - one last job. His target is on the island of Madeira, at a time when his right-hand man is hiding a terrible secret and where his arch-enemy, Inspector Gower, is currently enjoying the sunshine. The net is closing and there's no way out...
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