'A real page-turner...juicy enough to devour in one sitting, you'll immediately want to order the next in the series.' DAILY MAIL 'Detective fiction at its best and a real treat' PHIL CRAIG The first instalment in the Frank Merlin series. Previously published as Prince's Gate. When a brilliant emigré scientist is killed by a hit-and-run driver and the body of an American embassy is washed up in the Thames, DCI Frank Merlin and his team are called to investigate.