WENTWORTH, Patricia

[320] pp.

J.B. Lippincott Company

1927

7 3/4″ x 5 1/2″

Jacket design by Politzer

Accused of being a thief and spy, an English governess becomes a fugitive in this cunningly plotted mystery

In six months, Marion Mally Lee will wed the dashing Roger Mooring and become mistress of Curston, his family estate. Determined to enjoy her freedom before she becomes a married woman, Mally impulsively accepts a position as governess to the young daughter of a shipping magnate.

But when she arrives at the Peterson townhouse in London, Mally has the strangest urge to flee. Sir George Peterson, whose wife left him for an itinerant artist, is an enigma. His sister, Lena Craddock, is nice enough, but Mallys young charge, Barbara, hates Lenas nephew, Paul, with a passion. When Mally is suddenly branded a thief and spy after valuable papers and a priceless diamond pendant disappear, she does the only thing she run away.

With her fianc believing the worst of her and private investigators hot on her trail, Mally goes on the lam, feeling like a fugitive from justice. But shes stumbled upon a dangerous criminal conspiracy led by men desperate to get back the missing documents before a critical encrypted message is decoded