A dark tale set in the criminal underworld of London in the 1970s. Of two young people who fall foul of a political conspiracy to end the life of a British MP via an IRA style terrorist car bomb. Jake is the only witness as to who might have really been responsible for the atrocity - and now those responsible are plotting to have him killed too. But when he is discovered by Eleanor, innocent daughter of a London gangster, he escapes to live another day.It is only when they are in hiding together in a secluded house tucked away in a small East London suburb, that Jake and Eleanor realise they have feelings for each other and lapse into a passionate love affair.But their one ambition is to escape from London to Jake's homeland in Holland - where perhaps one day they might unravel the mystery which has placed both of their lives in mortal danger.