Spring 1945: WWII may be crashing to a close, but Jessica and Liz Minton�s hopes for the future are short-lived as they become entrapped in a noir world of intrigue and murder. Jessica�s beloved is missing in action in Europe, leaving her on her own to save herself and those she cares about from the shadows of a dark past entangling them in false identities, a cut-throat search for stolen jade, and murder. Join Jessica and Liz as they strive to restore a friend�s family honor, to save Elizabeth�s love from the deadly frame-up of a predatory socialite with underworld connections, to outsmart two dogged detectives, and to deal with an F.B.I. agent from Jessica�s past with secrets of his own - all without getting themselves killed! It�s enough to make Dusty the cat�s fur stand on end!