In this second in a series set in 1913, initially in New York City and then rapidly fanning out across the United States, from Wyoming to Chicago to Lenox, Massachusetts, and ultimately to Panama, society writer Louisa Delafield and her assistant, Ellen Malloy, set out to find a blind woman’s missing companion. The young woman has apparently been snatched off the street while running an errand for her employer. Little do Louisa and Ellen know that the search is about to unleash a maelstrom of activity involving political figures, royalty, and some really bad, corrupt people. This missing woman comes to represent the tip of the proverbial iceberg in a sea of sex trafficking as Louisa’s alter-ego journalist persona percolates to the surface, with the assistance of others sharing her passion for justice.

"This is entertaining reading for all adults who enjoy good fiction. The main protagonists are an intelligent and feisty female journalist and her equally competent and protective assistant. We see that they have their own histories to contend with. Part murder mystery and part journalistic detective story this book is set in 1930s America. Touching on Government, money, Suffragettes, debutantes, Native Americans, the Wild West and slavery and prostitution. This second book in a series can be read as a stand alone. I haven't read the first or other books in the series, but I definitely want to now."

When you pick up a Delafield and Malloy mystery you can be sure you’ll find certain elements: it will include every class of society, from debutantes to prostitutes; a wide expanse of geography, in this case from Manhattan way out west to Wyoming and way down south to Panama; a cast that brings historical figures to vivid life, from Buffalo Bill to William Howard Taft--and It will focus on issues as urgent today as they were a hundred years ago: in this case, the trafficking of young women. And betrayal. It will include heart-breaking betrayal. Which leads to a plateful of danger.