The Second World War rages: it touches Newfoundland in unprecedented ways, throwing spies and patriots together inside expatriate Jack Stolyes s Heartache Cafe and forcing uncomplementary bedfellows into alliances. It s all in a day s work for Jack, whose introduction to the Island included corrupt cops, a murder on the doorstep of his restaurant, and more than one attempt on his life. When exotic and alluring Egyptian diplomat Samuel Halim enters Jack s small corner of the world, Jack s life will change forever. Then, on his voyage home, Sam disappears along with the code key to decipher a Nazi radio command that will set Rommel s troops in motion. Jack finds himself with nothing to go on except a fragmented late-night phone call from Sam and a handful of disparate clues. In the teeming heat of Cairo a city rife with romance, secrets, sex, and danger, where no one is who he seems and violent death waits around every shadowed corner it s up to Jack to find the new love of his life and deliver the code that will change the course of history.