In this fifth exciting volume of the Spy Girl series, the action moves from Tunis back to Paris, Dijon, and Rome, as terrorist attacks rock everyone's world. The lives of Eva, Christophe, and Nina are uprooted in the wake of the violence, while Travis and Clarisse struggle to keep their marriage together. Deception is the order of the day, as Clarisse and Travis both hide their infidelities from each other. But a Syrian refugee family, newly arrived in France, also has much to hide, from young lovers' trysts to religious fervor and illicit plans. Nina and Christophe must hide their suspicions from his family and sometimes even from each other, until the time is right to expose the intrigue. Claiming that they are all caught up in a tangled web of lies would be an understatement, and their extrication appears all but impossible. Is there a happy outcome in store for any of them?