Anna Lee Huber ist gefeiert für ihre national bestsellerverdächtigen Krimiserien, die oft historische Schauplätze mit komplexen Handlungssträngen verweben. Ihr Schreiben taucht tief in die Komplexität der menschlichen Natur und die Psychologie ihrer Charaktere ein und schafft ein fesselndes erzählerisches Gewebe. Leser werden in spannende Geschichten voller Intrigen und unerwarteter Wendungen hineingezogen, die dunkle Geheimnisse und fesselnde Ermittlungen erforschen. Hubers unverwechselbare Stimme erweckt eine Welt zum Leben, in der akribische Deduktion auf atmosphärisches Erzählen trifft und das Publikum mit ihrem einzigartigen Ansatz des Genres fesselt.
March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. The French authorities soon request Sidney's help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treason -- shortly before she is assassinated. And Verity, too, is called to investigate a mystery . . .
England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is finding that life after wartime offers its own share of danger . . . The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada’s marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada’s revolver, Verity fears her friend has made a fatal blunder. While striving to prove Ada’s innocence, Verity is called upon for another favor. The sister of a former Secret Service colleague has been killed in what authorities believe was a home invasion gone wrong. The victim’s war work—censoring letters sent by soldiers from the front—exposed her to sensitive, disturbing material. Verity begins to suspect these two unlikely cases may be linked. But as the connections deepen, the consequences—not just for Verity, but for Britain—grow more menacing than she could have imagined.