brbI"The latest nine-day wonder."/i/bP PIt was hardly surprising that hotel-tycoon-turned-lord-of-the-manor Rex Hilliard should qualify for that description. His arrival in the sleepy English village of Mill Cross certainly caused a stir.P PRich, good-looking, charismatic and successful, Rex could have had everyone in the place at his feet. But Kay Tempest had no intention of falling for his charms#133;.
When her brother Robin disappeared somewhere in the wilds of Burma, Isla was, naturally, frantically worried, and jumped straight on to the next plane out there to see what she could do to find him. So she was less than pleased with Woolfe Wieland's attitude to it all. He seemed to be far less concerned with Robin than with the Jade amulet that had disappeared with him - and he was actively trying to prevent Isla taking part in the search. So, whether Woolfe liked it or not, Isla was going to deal with the situation in her own way!