After a whirlwind romance, she still has much to learn about her new ambassador husbandâand about the fate of his predecessorâs wifeâŚ
At thirty-five, Nora Buckbee fears sheâs destined for a lonely, single life. Then she meets handsome State Department employee John Fielding. They marry quicklyâand next thing she knows sheâs moving to Thailand with him, where heâll be serving as ambassador.
Itâs an exciting adventureâfor a while. Then she learns that the last ambassadorâs wife disappeared without a trace, and there seems to be little interest in learning what happened. John, whoâs often away on secret missionsâodd, she thinks, for an emissaryâseems as unfazed by the mystery as everyone else. But when Nora starts volunteering for the same group with whom the last wife worked, she begins to realize that nothing here is as it appears to be⌠including her new husband. Determined to peel away the layers of lies and secrets that surround her, Nora finds herself in a race to discover the truth. But can she figure it out before she meets the same fate as the previous wife?