This crime thriller takes Inspector Rupert into a dark clandestine world of lies, deceit, robbery and murder. A body immersed in a fountain... bloody water cascades down over the nymphs and statuettes. This body created a conundrum for the Inspector. Ghosts from his past attempt to hamper the investigation... who was the dead man? Why was he there? Who put him there? A holdall stashed with money and drugs creates an extra problem for the Inspector. An inscribed bracelet gives him a starting point, but the gold ingot in the Fountain creates another problem. Inspector Rupert's prime concern is to put a name to the murdered man. As time passes, it becomes more and more difficult to knock down the walls of those who attempt to block the investigation. There will be repercussions to follow when it becomes apparent to those in power that Inspector Rupert is not going to be fobbed off.