Autumn 1943. Since Stalingrad, Hitler has known that Germany cannot win the war. The upcoming Allied conference in Teheran will set the ground rules for their second front - and for the peace to come. At the center of this high- stakes game of deals and double-dealing is Willard Mayer, who has been chosen to be the US envoy. He is the perfect foil for the steamy world of deception, betrayals, and assassinations. A cool, emotionally distant womaniser with a questionable past, Mayer's beliefs will be put to the ultimate test. Philip Kerr is the author of the bestselling Berlin Noir trilogy.