Joe is a disgraced big-shot City financier and former secret agent. Once extremely rich and successful, Joe is now broke, his reputation in tatters. With few options open to him, he survives from day to day by living on his wits and partnering the affluent ladies of the exclusive Liz Playfair Bridge Academy. His previous existence is a world away, hidden from all but a few.

Now Joe receives an unwelcome message from the past. One last mission in exchange for his old life. But are the cards stacked against him? Left with little choice but to follow instructions, Joe makes his return to the dangerous twilight  world of espionage, unaware that a chance encounter with a stranger could not only ruin the whole mission but also prove fatal.