The third title in an acclaimed historical mystery series set at the time of the French Revolution
Paris, 1787. A deaf maid at the Court of Versailles is accused of the murder of the Duchesse de Saumur, one of Marie Antoinette's intimates. Anne Cartier, teacher at the world-famous Institute for the Deaf, and new wife of Colonel Paul de Saint-Martin of the Royal Highway Patrol, is drawn into the murder investigation, and evidence comes to light of a conspiracy to seal the maid's fate.