One icy morning in February 1955, Knightgrave manor becomes the property of the Marquis Di Magglio, a mysterious and wealthy buyer that no-one has ever seen. And for good reason: under the pseudonym of the Marquis Di Magglio hides the equally mysterious Mister Shock, emperor of crime, as feared as he is elusive. What devious scheme has led him to buy this property? What machination begins this way? It is a vow he made to himself - which we too will discover, through a series of clever flashbacks. For it is Mister Shock's past which we are about to plunge into...

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