Lured to Umbersea Island to attend the engagement party of one of her late husband's fellow officers, Verity mingles among the men her husband once fought beside, and discovers dark secrets--along with a murder clearly meant to conceal them. Relying on little more than a coded letter, the help of a dashing stranger, and her own sharp instincts, Verity is forced down a path she never imagined--and comes face to face with the shattering possibility...

"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. And when Ada's Marquess husband is discovered shot through the heart with Ada's revolver, it's up to Verity to prove Ada's innocence. But Verity is called upon for another favor: investigating the death of a girl who censored soldiers letters during the war."--Publisher....

When her beloved Great-Aunt Ilse arrives on her doorstep, leaving war-ravaged Germany behind, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent soon discovers that danger has followed Ilse when ant-Germen sentiment is taken to murderous lengths.

The latest novel in the action-packed historical mystery series featuring Verity Kent, fashionable former Secret Service agent turned intrepid sleuth and high-society darling on her next clandestine mission—from the USA Today bestselling author of the “Lady Darby Mysteries.” A treat for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Susan Ella MacNeal. June 1920, Ireland: The streets of Dublin seethe with revolution as the Irish Republican Army clashes with...