"After a modest wedding ceremony, Bow Street Runner John Pickett and his bride Julia, the former Lady Fieldhurst, set out for a wedding trip to Somersetshire, where Pickett must face his greatest challenge yet: meeting his in-laws...Pickett is surprised to learn from Julia's parents that she once had an elder sister: Claudia, Lady Buckleigh, who disappeared thirteen years earlier, leaving no trace beyond a blood-soaked shawl. Hoping to to redeen himself in the eyes of Julia's family, he sets out to investigateClaudia's disapperence.'