Shanghai, 1935. Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney, Australia, to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. A novice to global commerce, Rowland is under strict instructions to keep a low profile... but that soon becomes next to impossible. A beautiful Russian taxi girl--who once claimed to be the Princess Anastasia and who danced in Rowland's arms the night before--is found slain in his suite. It's no surprise that suspicion falls on him. Rowland must seek answers in a foreign city determined to ruin him, and where he has very few people on his side--except his bohemian housemates, who always have his back.