Publisher's Synopsis
Tom and Mary celebrate by taking a trip to Paris, France, where they rent an apartment owned by a Russian woman named Evalina. Evalina also has an art gallery called "iSpy Gallery". Renting this apartment throws Tom and Mary into the heart of an international political spy thriller. The couple only become aware of the danger they are in after the apartment is broken into and a painting is stolen. A special painting for the President of Russia from his old friend.
A portrait in the apartment of a sixteen-year-old girl dressed in a red ballgown, a relative of the apartment owner from long ago, is a key to the mystery. It carries with it the secret mission Evalina's family is destined to fulfill.
The mission carried through the heart of the occupation of Paris during World War II and the "adoption" of an orphaned Jewish girl by a surrogate mother, a famous singer-dancer. The singer-dancer and the young Jewish girl smuggle information to the Allied forces through their unique talents. The singer-dancer used invisible ink to hide coded messages on her song sheets and underwear. The Jewish girl used beautiful paintings and hid coded messages beneath her heavy layer of impasto paint.
Throughout her life, the paintings continue to share messages in the fight against evil, including evil that will challenge the 2024 US elections and the safety of the world.
Evalina, Alexei, Nina, Etienne, Ninette, and Guy all join in the effort to carry out the charge from the woman in red. They work to preserve truth. Truth, now able to be held in the
white light within threads woven into modern-day paintings. Threads that were created by a noted Russian astrophysicist, Evalina's father.
The story also tells of Sophia, a distant family member of Evalina and Sophia's Godfather, Dimitri. Both are Russian intelligence officers who choose truth over power and greed. You also meet old friends of Mary and Tom's from years before. The friends re-enter the US couple's lives, ensuring Tom and Mary's safety
