Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Liz Forsyth digs into the murder of a Chechen immigrant, while in London her colleague, Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay, searches for the killer of a young Canadian traveller.

In London, Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard heads up the investigation into the puzzling murder of a young Canadian woman travelling alone. Her killer was meticulous, leaving a serene-looking corpse and no clues. In Ottawa, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Liz Forsyth searches for the murderer of a young Chechen woman, who was shot at the gates of the Russian Embassy. No one knows who would want to kill her, except, perhaps, the Russians.

Separated by continents and responsibilities to their respective departments, Forsyth and Hay doggedly work their cases while still feeling the pull of their recent partnership. As Forsyth chases her case further into the complicated world of Russian and Chechen relations, Hay is at a standstill—until the murderer resurfaces.

Before taking to crime writing, Janet Brons worked as a foreign affairs consultant following a seventeen-year career in the Canadian foreign service with postings in Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, and Moscow. She has also been a researcher in the Alberta Legislature and at the House of Commons. Janet holds a master of arts in political science and international relations. Visit her at http://members.shaw.ca/janetbrons/.

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"Reminiscent of Agatha Christie and the classic whodunit ... I was drawn into the murders instantly and wanted to solve them along with the two inspectors. I am sure we will be seeing more of Forsyth and Hay in the future and for that I am extremely glad." —Mystery Playground blog

Janet Brons speaks to the writing duo at Jamie Tremain about her new mystery, her most memorable posting with the Canadian Foreign Service, and the books on her To Be Read pile.

Janet Brons speaks to the Peninsula News Review about her newest mystery, her writing process, and her love of mysteries.

Janet Brons asks "Why are our favorite detectives so fatally flawed?" in a guest blog post for The Strand magazine.

"Brons is a veteran of the Canadian foreign service, having worked foreign posting for over a decades. She wisely uses her inside knowledge of this world to add an extra, international dimension to the mystery ... [She] gives us a fairly conventional mystery plot that is enlivened by details and settings that we haven’t seen before, making this a series worth following." —National Post