Publisher's Synopsis
Tansy Clark is intrigued by the newspaper items her father shows her, about two assistant curators who have died suddenly of gastric influenza at a time when no epidemic exists. She begins her own investigation which reveals illegal and dangerous goings on behind the respectable façade of London museums. Going undercover, Tansy takes a post at a museum founded by a reclusive millionaire. But then she is attacked whilst out walking... Soon she is involved in a thirty-year-old story concerning the statue of a biblical queen, Vashti. Tansy must endure shocks, intrigue and a danger that bears every hallmark of death...
