Llewelyn Rhys, Welsh expatriate in a small Balkan country, is asked to find the killer in a political assassination with a propagandist intent- war. From the man with a limp, to a girl who signs her name as ""Anna Karenina"", to a clique of murderous Germans, Rhys has many divergent leads to follow only to learn that his traitor is close at hand. Intricate intrigue and the handling is trim.