Remarkable heroine Verity Kent must follow the leads of a dangerous investigation that will pull her into a conspiracy spilling dangerously out onto the streets of Interwar Dublin, Ireland in the next installment of this highly acclaimed series. .. .
Especially when a familiar adversary appears, bringing a threat almost too terrifying to confront--even in the Cold Light of day .
With the distinction between friend and foe never more blurred--or the margin for error narrower--Verity and Sidney cannot turn a blind eye.
Worse, they learn of a conspiracy within Dublin Castle, where personal vendettas are being carried out and sanctioned by British Intelligence under the cover of revolution.
Already disillusioned with the British government, the news leaves Verity and Sidney reeling. . .
Still, she fears the worst for Alec--until shocking evidence mounts that not only is he alive, but that he has switched sides .
Doing her best to maintain a modicum of normalcy and stay under the radar of both the rebels and British Intelligence, Verity works undercover by day and waltzes through the city\'s elite social scene by night.
Captain Alec Xavier has seemingly vanished after traveling to Dublin to infiltrate the IRA at its highest levels. . .
Given their celebrity as society darlings and intrepid sleuths, they must tread carefully to go unnoticed--nearly impossible when they are called upon to search for Verity\'s fellow spy and friend .
Roving assassination squads mean nowhere is truly safe, particularly for Verity Kent and her war hero husband, Sidney.
June 1920, Ireland: The streets of Dublin seethe with revolution as the Irish Republican Army clashes with British authorities.
Remarkable heroine Verity Kent must follow the leads of a dangerous investigation that will pull her into a conspiracy spilling dangerously out onto the streets of Interwar Dublin, Ireland in the next installment of this highly acclaimed series