The Freiburg Cabinet

Tarquin Stanhope's cosy London life has taken a sinister turn. He's being hunted and threatened, but by whom and for what?

Those scary letters addressed to a stranger. What do they mean? Why the violence? There's talk of a cabinet... (yes, a French royal cabinet to be precise, from the Palace of Versailles — a piece worth millions)

It was English antique dealer, Oliver Clasper, who hatched the plan to make the counterfeit, but the rash fool stole the idea from Zoltan, and now the Russians want their cut. But wait ... they're tracking the wrong man!

Poor Tarquin. An innocent daydreamer who happens to live in the wrong house in the wrong street. They've nailed him once in Covent Garden, but he's just not getting the message.

He must flee to France and get to Chateau Clery fast — they're on his trail and they mean business. But the lucky man's been thrown a lifeline. A guardian angel. Constanta's her name. A Romanian gymnast with the body of a panther and a taste for combat ...

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