Ronald Pargiter traces his long friendship for Gerry Lovell and marks the points- from early on -- when Gerry finds crime romantic and exciting, to his utter commitment to the successful Graham Bond. A theft of government bullion which goes astray, Bond's corrupting influence on Gerry in prison, Gerry's awakening- through his ""Gran"" and his wife- to Bond's duplicity-round out a case history that has no dull spots.