Set in the Scotland of the bleak 1870s, this is the second novel in the Stalker Trilogy. With her father and two brothers dead in the Blacklaw mine disaster, Mirrin Stalker takes to the road with a group of travelling tinkers, finally to emerge on the stage of the music-hall in its heyday.

The war everyone dreaded has begun at last but for Susan Cahill it is more an adventure than a tragedy. Helped by a white lie about her marriage to Danny she has a new job as a producer's assistant at the BBC. And glamorous new friends, including one American war reporter who has made London his base and Susan his target.
Danny is also working for the BBC, sharing a room in a freezing farmhouse in Evesham, working long hours monitoring German radio broadcasts - and worrying about Susan.
Stuck in London when the blitz begins, Susan's sister-in-law, Breda Hooper, faces up to the worst...