This book was just fantastic. I could not stop reading it. I love mysteries but I also like spy stories. I was so excited to read a book full of many different genres. This was the first book I have read written by this author. Naturally I was interested to read about places I knew about since my advanced degrees are from the University of Illinois. I was also thinking about the time I spent in Bethesda Maryland when my father left the U. of I. to go overseas to build a high school in Afghanistan. However, years later after he had died we found letters that he had been a spy for our government sending photos and information back to President Kennedy about the Russia build up there. The characters in the book were so realistic and the events so possible. I can't thank you enough for writing this book and that my friends asked me to read it. Now, I have to decide what book I want to read next from Alison Blasdell.