Set in England during the French Revolution you follow the exploits of a British government worker, Jonathan Absey tasked with reviewing documents for messages to or from spies for France. Jonathan becomes convinced that he has a found spies being sheltered by a wealthy French immigrant family and worse that they may be sheltering a murderer who is stalking London’s streets looking for young, red-haired women. But no one will listen to him and his frustration and desperation grows because he believes this serial killer may be the murderer of his only daughter!