The sixth in a series of witty, erudite suspense mysteries, by the celebrated classic author ? with an independent, smart heroine and an ending sure to surprise! To all appearances Joanna Emerson is a fully qualified, gold-medalled graduate of the world's finest college of Nursery Nurses... Engaged as a nanny to Benedict, newly born heir to a vast cosmetic fortune, she becomes caught up in a complex kidnap plot. But the enigmatic portrait painter, yachtsman and former spy, Johnson Johnson is never far away ? and he knows the dangerous game she's playing. Before long, bullets are flying, and most of them in Joanna's direction. AUTHOR: Dorothy Dunnett gained an international reputation as a writer of historical fiction before turning to crime writing. She was a board member of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and in 1992 she was awarded an OBE for her services to literature. She died in 2001.
