Rhodesia, 1943. Paul Bryant hasn't been able to get back in a plane since afatal bombing mission over Germany. So, instead, the Squadron Leader isflying a desk at a pilot training school at Kumalo Air Base. But one ofhis trainees has just been reported missing. Pip Lovejoy, a volunteerpolicewoman, is also trying to suppress painful memories. When FelicityLangham, a high profile WAAF from the air base, is found raped andmurdered, Pip and Bryant's paths cross. Suspicion immediately falls on thelocal black community, but Pip's investigations unearth a link between theSquadron Leader, the controversial heiress Catherine De Beers and the deadwoman, which throws the case in a new, disturbing direction. What Pipthinks is a singular crime of passion soon escalates into a crisis thatcould change the course of the war. Set in the vast landscape of Africathis is a spellbinding tale of love and war.