1944 A young Phoebe Le Blanc is recruited into S.O.E. and becomes one of the small number of female operatives to be dropped into Nazi occupied France. Tasked with a mission to deny vital war supplies to the Germans, she finds herself betrayed and facing certain death at the hands of her brutal Nazi captors - against the odds, however, she manages to survive.1963 D. S. Phoebe Le Blanc of Scotland Yard arrives at the scene of the murder of Sir Richard Villiers in the Cotswolds. Her investigation, hampered by the misogyny and prejudice of the local force, reveals Villiers to be a hated figure but also bring echos of wartime France and an unexpected connection.Phoebe is torn between duty and justice - but will justice prevail?