Constance Dunlap

The narrative follows a woman who has fled exposure after involvement in forgery and has taken refuge at a secluded resort to conceal her identity and avoid social condemnation. She meets strangers whose assumed names and ambiguous motives draw her into tentative confidences while the circumstances surrounding a companion's fate complicate her future. Action unfolds episodically through a range of criminal situations—forgers, embezzlers, gun‑runners, gamblers, eavesdroppers, clairvoyants, abductors, shoplifters, blackmailers, drug addicts, and fugitives—as an investigation gradually pieces together hidden motives and the moral consequences that surround her.