Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. An accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is less successful when it comes to solving a murder mystery.
A cosy crime tale with an older female protagonist who is a time-travelling altruist - she is sent back to 19th-century Russia to solve a murder mystery.