Seymour of the Special Branch has been sent to Trieste to investigate the disappearance of Lomax, the British Consul. He learns from the Inspector Kornbluth of the local police in Trieste that the consul had been out drinking with friends the night that he disappeared.
A couple of days after arriving in Trieste, the body of Lomax is hauled from the sea. Seymour is called to the police station again to meet Schneider, who is in a special branch related to politics.
The autopsy report that Seymour received from Kornbluth indicated that Lomax had been killed by a heavy blow to the back of his head. There was no indication that he had drowned.
Lomax had been friends with a group of artists, one of whom was a young woman named Maddalena. Seymour turns to her for help.
Things turn topsy turvey when the man who worked at the consulate is arrested for helping Serbs find a way to escape the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. It now seems that Seymour is in charge of the consulate.
Will Seymour be able to find the killer before an international incident occurs, which could cause Europe to burst into flames? Author Michael Pearce’s thriller is full of potential, but to be honest I found his writing to be wordy. The premise of the story is good and complex, but I feel that it is over written.
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