Strong women navigating complex relationships against the background of a murder mystery create the theme in this second book of the Laura Hunter series.
Laura's aging socialite grandmother experiences a senior crisis as she wanders through the city, on a brutally cold December day. Trying to connect to her unusual past, she inadvertently becomes an unwitting witness to a murder plot.
The complex relationship between an immoral but talented political aspirant and her unscrupulous, murderous lover provide the backdrop for the scheme.
Laura has to rely on her friends and family as she navigates the delicate task of protecting her guilt-ridden grandmother, while allowing the elderly heiress to make peace with the sad and thrilling moments of her past.