One million dollars - that's what Harvey Metcalfe, life-long king of shady deals, has pulled off with empty promises of an oil bonanza and instant riches. Overnight four men - the heir to an earldom, a Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art dealer and an Oxford don -find themselves penniless. But this time Harvey has swindled the wrong men. They band together and shadow Harvey from the casinos of Monte Carlo to the high stakes windows at Ascot. Their plan is simple: to sting the crook for exactly what they lost. Not a penny more, not a penny less.