5Mirza is a known collaborator and blackmailer. When he is murdered in his garden, clutching a branch of mimosa, there are many suspects. Su Lin's Uncle Chen is among those rounded up by the Japanese as reprisal. Hideki Tagawa, a former spy expelled by police officer Le Froy, offers Su Lin her uncle's life in exchange for using her fluency in languages and knowledge of locals to find the real killer. But friends, enemies and even the victim are not what they seem. Su Lin must find out who killed Mirza and why, before Le Froy and other former colleagues detained or working with the resistance suffer the consequences of Mirza's last secret.