Death in a Darkening Mist (Lane Winslow #2) - Iona Whishaw
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Historical Fiction
The second instalment in the Lane Winslow mystery series; for fans of the Maisie Dobbs and Bess Crawford series., On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslowa former British intelligence agent whos escaped to the rural Canadian community of Kings Cove in pursuit of a tranquil lifeis introduced to the local hot springs. While there she overhears nearby patrons speaking Russian. When one of those patrons 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. Winslows complicated relationship with the local police inspector, Darling, is intensified by the perils of the caseand 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 a
