"Get's off to a cracking start and builds momentum from the beginning." Ian Robinson, author of ROUGH DIAMONDS."A brilliant and relative story...leaving the reader with plenty to think about." Barry Litherland, author of three 5-Star novels including SHIFTING SANDS.T.L. Mumley's plot from her debut, MASKS OF MORALITY continues, reaching the hearts and minds of many with today's twisted political reality. It's been years since Caryssa left her cozy Silicon Valley career and connected the dots between corporatism and America's perpetual wars. Now, an innocent man connected to her eclectic circle of friends is accused of being a terrorist. A second dead dove is found with symbolic messages in blood drops of nebulous enemies and a soiled social heart. A mysterious Picasso quote and decoded messages from the Kryptos art sculpture at Langley are inscribed on the back of prized renditions of the famous artist's work. A rogue CIA agent trying to psychologically control his daughter ... Bizarre things are happening in otherwise peaceful settings. Three Northern California women lead idyllic lives, from a loft in Sausalito and sanctuary in the San Francisco Bay hills to skiing the French Alps. But it's their families and the next generation they are concerned about. When Caryssa, Anna and Julie discover that dark money is behind these odd occurrences, they help an emotionally turmoiled girl flee from corrupt power; a girl who nearly destroyed Anna's art gallery and was once a suspect in murdering her security guard. A girl who somehow reminds Anna of the daughters she tragically lost... AND THAT GIRL IS RUNNING FOR HER LIFE. WHAT IS SHE RUNNING FROM AND WILL SHE SURVIVE?