Shadows on a Distant Shore

It is 1904. A series of unusual events, including the murder of aFrench agent, a large concentration of the Kaiser's intelligenceoperatives, and vague reports about a deep-cover Russian agent who isspying on the Czar, give Gerard de Montclaire yet another opportunity to prove his mettle as the finest detective of the Edwardian Era. He andhis lifelong associate, Sir Francis FitzMaurice, are drawn to LakeConstance. There, in the lonely borderlands between Imperial Germany and Switzerland, they unravel a tangled skein of espionage, internationalfinancial schemes, and the testing of a terrible new secret weapon inthe Kaiser's arsenal. In the mix, Montclaire must defeat a cunningassassin, recover sensitive documents, and unmask a ruthless master spywho is willing to commit the most horrible of crimes.