A Dangerous Descent — Marian Exall

Sarah McKinney, lawyer and international mediator. In the award-winning second book in this mystery series, an offer to help her mentor locate his estranged daughter takes Sarah to the Dordogne region of rural France. There, she uncovers a troubled history that parallels her own. To rescue the woman she has come to find, she must confront danger as well as her own demons. First place for International Mystery and Crime in the 2015 CLUE awards (Chanticleer Reviews)