Mickey finds himself drawn into the centre of an unexpected and unwelcome investigation. Manchesters foremost and most famous entrepreneur is under threat, and, with him, the future of the citys bid for the Olympic Games is in doubt. Who is behind the sudden speight of supposed accidents? Who doesnt want England to win? Who doesnt want the city to drag itself out of the dirt and grime of the earlier Industrial Revolution and move on? And, most important, can Mickey help, or is he - with his burgeoning romance and his incipient entanglements - becoming merely part of the problem?