Stolen jade, secret identities, and murder put Jessica Minton under the gun.
Spring 1945: WWII may be crashing to a close, but Jessica and Liz Mintonâs hopes for the future are short-lived as they become entrapped in a noir world of intrigue and murder. Jessicaâs beloved is missing in action in Europe, leaving her on her own to save herself and those she cares about from the shadows of a dark past entangling them in false identities, a cut-throat search for stolen jade, and murder. Join Jessica and Liz as they strive to restore a friendâs family honor, to save Elizabethâs love from the deadly frame-up of a predatory socialite with underworld connections, to outsmart two dogged detectives, and to deal with an F.B.I. agent from Jessicaâs past with secrets of his own - all without getting themselves killed! Itâs enough to make Dusty the catâs fur stand on end!