Tato napínavá detektivní série vás zavede do temných dnů druhé světové války. Sledujte ostříleného inspektora Toma Tylera, jak se pohybuje v nebezpečném světě špionáže, zrady a vražd. Každý případ ho vrhá hlouběji do válečného konfliktu, kde musí odhalit pravdu mezi lží a předstíráním. Série nabízí poutavé historické pozadí a napínavé zápletky, které vás nenechají vydechnout.
In 1940, England is desperate and fearful. The threat of a German invasion is real. When a young woman is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tom Tyler, a detective inspector, finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees, a psychiatrist, who is an expert on the criminal mind.
November, 1940. Tom Tyler, Detective Inspector is asked to help out in an inquiry into an explosion in a munitions factory that has killed several of the young women. At first, it seems more than likely the explosion was an accident, but as Tom talks to the employees of the factory, the cracks begin to appear.
Di Tom Tyler has made a new start in Ludlow, where on the outskirts of town stands a hospital for war victims. When a double murder is discovered in the grounds, Tyler must figure out how it could have occurred, when most of the patients are unable to walk or see. Then he starts receiving letters recounting terrible crimes.