Some years ago, for no obvious reason, Paul Whiteman felt compelled to analyse the mystical number 666, also known as the number of The Beast. His little mathematical revelation was followed almost immediately by a violent thunderstorm, and by a severe attack of asthma requiring urgent hospital admission.
1990s. An unfortunate coincidence on the North Norfolk coast leads to the mysterious disappearance of Lieutenant John McAdam. Commander Tom Falconer has just taken early retirement from the Royal Navy to explore pastures new with Alice Silk, the woman in his life.
Paul Samuel Whiteman (1890-1967) was one of the most popular American bandleaders in the 1920s. Duke Ellington called him "the King of Jazz, and no one as yet has come near carrying that title with more certainty and dignity."
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