Caroline’s job as interim curator at the Philadelphia Main Line’s most destitute American Revolutionary War museum is precarious at best, and that’s before the dead body of an antiquity thief comes crashing through the ceiling. Overnight the museum goes from invisible to infamous and Caroline realizes three important facts: the thief’s death wasn’t accidental, the risk to the museum and its staff is only increasing, and the bombastic detective assigned to the case would rather monologue than investigate.
With a murderous turncoat in their midst, Caroline must rely on her knowledge of the museum’s hidden passageways, her Revolutionary-era codebreaking skills, and the quirky staff she’s been keeping at arm’s-length. She’s not sure if she can trust anyone—or even her own instincts—but failure means risking her job, her museum, and her life. Give her liberty, or the murderer will surely give her death.
Tiffany Schmidt is the author of many acclaimed novels. A former teacher, she lives in Pennsylvania with her impish twin sons, their rascally little brother, a spoiled pup, and her saintly husband. She constantly drags them to museums, but they have yet to discover a dead body.