Death in a Darkening Mist

On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow—a former British intelligence agent whos escaped to the rural Canadian community of Kings Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life—is introduced to the local hot springs. While there, she is astonished to overhear nearby patrons speaking Russian. When one of the speakers is found dead in the change room, Lanes linguistic and intelligence experience is of immeasurable value to the local police force in solving the murder. The investigation points to the Soviet Union, where Stalins purges are eliminating enemies, and the reach of Stalins agent snakes all the way into a harmless Doukhobor community. Her complicated relationship with the local police inspector, Darling, is intensified by the perils of the case—and by the discovery of her own fathers death during the war. The case comes to a frantic and shocking end with a perilous nighttime journey along treacherous snow-covered roads.