Danube Defiance by critically praised novelist Jane Goldencontinues to serve up to readers a fun escape to a new culture in Europe. Jeni, the main character, stumbles upon amysterious string of thefts when she and husband Zach spy an antique Romanianicon in a New Orleans' shop. The young shopkeeper promises Jeni she will checkon the icon's provenance, but instead the icon is stolen and Lillian's lifelessbody is found in a canal.
Later, despite thechallenges of planning a Mardi Gras party at home in Bucharest, Jeni devises aplan to enlist help from her friend Molly, an ambitious and glamorous foreigncorrespondent, to research information on stolen icons. However, when Patrick,the New Orleans shop owner, flies to Bucharest to join in the search for theicon and Zach's colleague Alexandra, an antiquities expert, arrives on thescene, tensions among the five surfaces as their detective work becomesentangled with romance and suspicion. Jeni meanders across beautifulRomania in search of clues, but it's a trip with Zach to Brussels that revealsshe's on the right track. Unfortunately, her startling discoveries come withdire warnings to Jeni - they killed others and she will be next!
Later, despite thechallenges of planning a Mardi Gras party at home in Bucharest, Jeni devises aplan to enlist help from her friend Molly, an ambitious and glamorous foreigncorrespondent, to research information on stolen icons. However, when Patrick,the New Orleans shop owner, flies to Bucharest to join in the search for theicon and Zach's colleague Alexandra, an antiquities expert, arrives on thescene, tensions among the five surfaces as their detective work becomesentangled with romance and suspicion. Jeni meanders across beautifulRomania in search of clues, but it's a trip with Zach to Brussels that revealsshe's on the right track. Unfortunately, her startling discoveries come withdire warnings to Jeni - they killed others and she will be next!
