A Spying Eye

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A missing masterpiece. A Nazi conspiracy. A European escape turned deadly.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Clive and Henrietta Howard's return to Europe takes a dangerous turn when Inspector John Hartle recruits them to find a missing panel from the famous </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ghent Altarpiece</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Nazi agents are also hunting for this Renaissance treasure believing it contains a coded map to ancient weapons of unimaginable power.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Their search leads to Château du Freudeneck in Alsace ancestral home of Henrietta's eccentric Von Harmon relatives. But when Nazi officers arrive at the remote château seeking a valuable item what began as an art recovery mission becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse through the treacherous French countryside.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Meanwhile in Chicago Elsie faces an impossible choice when a mysterious couple threatens to take little Anna away while Julia trapped in a troubled marriage finds unexpected hope in a charming Texas rancher who wants more than just a painting from the Howard collection.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As danger closes in from all sides and family secrets surface Clive and Henrietta must decide who they can trust in a world where nothing is as it seems. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But in their race to keep the panel from Nazi hands will they discover they've been playing the wrong game all along?</em></p><p></p><p>Perfect for readers who enjoy clever historical mysteries featuring international espionage Nazi-era intrigue stolen art recovery found family dynamics forbidden love across class lines a damsel escaping an abusive marriage a protective Texas rancher hero and a devoted married-sleuth duo navigating betrayal and deception together.</p><p></p><p>Fans of Downton Abbey who love a good mystery-with plenty of romance and a dash of 1930s atmosphere-will devour this series.</p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>★ Henrietta and Clive are a sexy endearing and downright fun pair of sleuths.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Library Journal </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>(starred review)</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>★ </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A fun and spunky heroine a plot involving an old castle in Strasbourg make this a fast-paced delightful read.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-Rhys Bowen </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>New York Times</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> best-selling author</span></p>