"Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, has lost contact with its informant in Italy, just as important information about Austria and Nazi Germany is coming to light. Young Elena Standish is the only person who can recognize MI6's man, Aiden Strother, because he is her former lover. As Elena heads to Trieste to track down Aiden, her older sister, Margot, is in Berlin for a wedding. Their grandfather, the former head of MI6, is unhappy about the sisters' travels during tumultuous time. As his own investigation collides with his granddaughter's, what's at to stake on the continent becomes increasingly frightening--and personal"--Page 4 of cover.

Sequel to: Death in focus.