Book excerpt: On the night before the grand reopening of Club Valletta, former Wren Victoria Teglia can't help but wonder what her late father would think. She can still clearly remember the day her mother told her that, rather than simply being a courageous hero, her father was also a criminal, and his club was a hot bed of prostitution and illegal gambling. Although Victoria plans to run the new Club Valletta along very different lines, Lily, her mother, can see trouble ahead: for, once it is known that the daughter of the Maltese is involved in 'family' business, who knows what will crawl out of the woodwork?