He dies shortly after confiding in a priest, who then tells an employee of Spyros Lambrou, the brother of Costa's wife Melina.

Fearing for his life, Chotas leaves a package with attorney Peter Demonides, and sends a tape to tell Costa this.

Kirk is doubtful that Greek law would sentence anyone to death for attempted murder, but checks with his acquaintance, Peter Demonides, and dies the next day.

Three strange men arrive in London, and Catherine suspects them, but only at the last minute realizes that in fact it is their office boy who intends to kill her.

She survives by hiding in a nearby bomb shelter, learns the truth about Costa and his conviction, and eventually marries Alan.

In 1991, the book was adapted for television as a two-part miniseries directed by Gary Nelson starring Omar Sharif as Constantin Demiris and Jane Seymour as Catherine Alexander.

However, the connection with the preceding book (The Other Side of Midnight), which had been turned into a 1977 motion picture, was lost as the story was set in the contemporary world, rather than immediately post-WWII.