Devastated by her brother's death in the Spanish Civil War, Mercedes vows to avenge him. When Tess Lovell's beloved guardian, Jonas, dies mysteriously on a trip to Spain, she returns to her mother's Spanish home town to discover the truth, and to face unresolved secrets of the past.
She grew up in Oxford then moved to Tennessee for 10 years. She published two historical novels and the novelisation of the Nescafe Gold Blend advertisements under the pen name Susannah James. More recently she has also used the nom de plume, Susan Madison. She is a former Chairman of the Crime Writer's Association, served as World President of the International Association of Crime Writers, and was elected to the prestigious Detection Club. Susan Moody has given numerous courses on writing crime fiction and continues to teach creative writing in England, France, Australia, the USA and Denmark
Thrilling tale starting in Spain during the Civil War, on to the Art world, New York and London. Tess searches for truth and gets tangled in her web of deceipt.