Book summary

Alan Desland is a committed bachelor until, on a business trip to Copenhagen, he meets Käthe, an exquisitely beautiful German woman, who eventually becomes his adored wife. But her aura of mystery and sadness is never dispelled and becomes more and more dangerous.

Media reviews

"An Englishman who began to have visions (accurate ones) of imminent disasters when he was just a schoolboy, and whose affection for the china and porcelain sold in his family's antique shop grew into a passion by the time he was old enough to take over the firm, meets, and instantly falls in love with, a beautiful German woman while he is in Copenhagen on business..."