Set in Downton Abbey-era post-World War I England, this action-packed series from the USA Today bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries is a treat for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Susan Ella MacNeal. WWI buffs will love the in-depth historical detail.Publishers Weekly March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, SidneyBut even that false calm is about to end. As threats remain, the French authorities soon request Sidneys help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treasonshortly before she is assassinated. And Verity, too, is called to investigate a mystery . . . The murder of a Belgian lawyer aboard a train seems at first to be a simple case of revengeBut the victim was connected to British Intelligence, and possessed papers detailing the sinking of a gold-laden German ship during the war. As Verity and Sidney dig deeper, they discover their cases are intertwinedand a lethal adversary persis