Soldiers and their families gather to celebrate with a fireworks display and a giant bonfire, but delight turns to fear when the fire explodes to send flaming debris over the spectators. Military detectives Max Rydal and Tom Black investigate as tensions flare.
During the weeks before Christmas, the personnel of 26 Section Special Investigation Branch are engaged in shifting their headquarters in Germany. It is not going well. Crime, of course, doesn't stop for the move, and head of section, Max Rydal and his deputy, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party.
1930. When his former flying partner is killed during the test flight of a brand-new military aircraft, Ben Norton determines to find out the truth behind his wartime colleague's death. Was the fatal crash caused by a design flaw, pilot error - or something more sinister? And what is the wartime secret that caused the rift between the two men?
