An exciting period suspense novel in which a beautiful and mysterious woman posing as a widow for the sake of propriety apparently quite ignorant of the ways of the world must confront and overcome the powerful and the criminally-minded by the strength of her own virtue. When originally published the theme of this book was described as Stupendous and absorbing -- the irresistable force of purity and innocence against the supposedly impassible barrier of personfied evil.