As Lane prepares for her wedding, she assists an elderly Russian countess searching for her missing brother. A hunter’s murder and rumors of a defecting Soviet agent complicate the investigation, straining Lane’s loyalties and relationships.
Iona Whishaw was born in 1948 to English parents in British Columbia and brought up in Mexico and the US. She worked as a youth worker, taught high school and served for 16 years as a high school administrator in Vancouver, Canada. She earned a Masters of Arts degree in creative writing from UBC and was the recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction in Education award and a Canada's Top Principals award.