Euphemia Martin's seventeenth gripping mystery is a nail-biting
adventure of espionage and suspense set at the beginning of the Great
War.
When Fitzroy saved his valet, Griffin, from the hangman's noose after
the death of his wife, the facts behind those events were known only to
the two of them. Now, years later, the body of a dead woman has been
discovered, mutilated in exactly the same way as Griffin's wife, and
troubling secrets from the past cast a deadly shadow over those
involved.
As the war intensifies, Fitzroy is sent on an overseas mission, Griffin
is arrested, and a recovering Euphemia Martins is left to get to the
bottom of the situation. With her brother-in-law Hans, and Fitzroy's
dog, Jack, in tow, she journeys to the University of Edinburgh's medical
school, where Griffin studied many years ago, to uncover the shocking
truth behind his wife's murder...