Why is Charles, once a successful accountant, now driving trucks for a living? Why did he never keep in touch with Jane, the girl he was going to marry? Why did Jane covertly pursue Charles when by chance she saw him at a motorway service station? Who are the people behind the strange goings-on at the transport depot Jane inherited from her husband after he was murdered? Who is this guy Dutch Holland from Spain, and how does he make his money? Will the activities of Dutch's mate Rob, bring about the ultimate demise of the whole grubby business Dutch is involved in? Charles and Jane ... two lives on the threshold of being shattered will have to get together if their lives can ever be normal again. Enter Perrett, the cop who became involved with Ed Nelson the ex-forces lawyer, and Andy the man with a terrible secret, and David and Pen. And will Jane ever achieve her one remaining ambition in life? Will her friend Wendy be able to help her? We'll met all the other characters who become part of the lives of Charles and Jane, and who in some little or big way all manage to make everything work out in the end. Each in his or her own way is set-up or sets up plots and devises schemes to outwit the others. If ever there were crosses and double-crosses they are all here in this novel, each with his or her own agenda. Will everybody get everything they want in the end?