Russell Burgin has a colourful past and now lives a life of leisure with his wealthy French wife in a palatial chateau. Paul Scott is married to the beautiful heiress of a publishing empire and moves in all the right London circles. He seems to be on track to be one of "the great and the good." Not bad for two northern grammar school boys. But Russell has borne a grudge for thirty years. He has unfinished business with Paul. Simon Trubshaw had an unhappy childhood. He is a keeper of secrets, both by profession and inclination. He, too, has unfinished business. The past catches up one summer, in a sleepy corner of South West France. Scores are settled, and a dark secret at the heart of British government is revealed during the course of a weekend of sex, rock and roll, and violent revenge. One way or another, things will never be the same.