Thea Phipps

"The whole fiasco began with Liza Weebs’ evil scone of death.

Perhaps 'caper' is the appropriate word since what began as a simple holiday and a tainted scone ended with a clot of angry priests, more than one mysterious disappearance, and a couple of inept smugglers running for their lives on a crowded Greek beach. I am one of those inept smugglers. My friend Tamsin is the other.

It was supposed to be a holiday. Two idyllic weeks in the Greek sun, courtesy of Albert and Violet, retired field agents for MI6. But when the enigmatic Frenchman entered the picture, not to mention the Serbian acrobats, everything changed . . ."

Bella Wildeve is forced to flee for her life. But instead of finding safety, she finds herself on the naturists' paradise of Gavdos. She quickly becomes ensnared in kidnapping, smuggling, and in trying to understand the puzzling brass key that will save them all.