This heart-stopping novel, set in Post-WWII Britain, follows ex-spy Elinor White as she faces down a dangerous organized crime gang. The private, quiet "Miss White", as Elinor is known, lives in a rural village in England. It will take Susie, the child of Jim Mackie and his wife, Rose, to break through Miss White's icy demeanor—but Jim has something in common with Elinor. He, too, is desperate to escape his past. When the powerful Mackie crime family demands a return of their prodigal son for an important job, Elinor assumes the task of protecting her neighbors.