Come to exotic Baghdad! Writing in 1951, the mistress of the whodunit focuses on incurable romantic Victoria Jones, who falls for handsome, mysterious Edward. To her dismay, he leaves for Iraq that night. Telling a fib or two, she finaglesa ticket and follows him, leaping into a nightmare of espionage and murder. "The most satisfying novel from one of the most satisfying novelists."—The New York Times