Lucifer Box is the darling of the Edwardian belle monde - society's most fashionable portrait painter is a wit, a dandy, a rake, the guest all hostesses (and not a few hosts) must have. But few know that Lucifer Box is also His Majesty's most accomplished and daring secret agent. And so of course when Britain's most prominent scientists begin turning up dead, there is only one man his country can turn to. Lucifer Box is the most fashionable portrait painter of his day. From his elegant townhouse at Number 9 Downing Street to the sun-bleached hotels of Mentone, life is one long party. What his fashionable circle would never believe is that he is also a secret agent. The critical and commercial autumn hit now between soft covers ... Prepare to be seduced