Lachlan's Woman — Alice Dwyer-Joyce

When her mother, a missionary doctor, vanishes during an African revolution, lovely young physician Lisha leaves her beloved Irish country home to find her . . . despite warnings of grave peril. Assigned to protect Lisha is Robert Lachlan - a handsome, noble Irishman who is also a secret agent...

Here in Africa, with the emergent people building a great nation. In the background are the politicians, the doctors, the nurses, the missionaries, the plotters, and the planners.

Then Dr. Mary disappears in mysterious circumstances, and her daughter, Dr. Lisha Grant, sets out from Ireland to find her. Is Madame Massanga a leader, striving to achieve power with the help of her elite Golden Leopard Guards? Who is Babbity, this casual young man, who crosses and re-crosses Lisha's path, and always when there is danger?