Dorothy Powell has much to discover about herself as time plays tricks on her. She believes she has enemies who want to kill her. She's a thorn in the side of the Russian drug lords operating within USA borders. When she goes missing on July 4th, leaving as Russian assassin dead near Crystal Creek in Maury County, TN, the local police investigate. The search for the missing elderly woman goes worldwide. Where is Dorothy, and did she kill the assassin? Or did someone else do the deed then kidnap her? The mystery is deep and troubling. Daughter Claire and best friend Lorene are worried about Dorothy's safety. Is she with that rogue CIA agent, Thomas Kessler? Her devotion to the man seems unorthodox since she is a decade older than him. Life is bump, dangerous, and uncertain for Dorothy as she trails Tom around the planet doing illegal things that will land her in jail. But she trusts him with her whole heart because love overlooks shortcomings. Drop-dead gorgeous CIA Kelly is not to be trusted. Sometimes Dorothy feels like she is with Jesus; other times she is in Hell. We are all in God's story, she's been told. When confusion sets in and the truth surfaces, Dorothy struggles between reality and fiction. Getting older is not for wimps, she quickly learns. Clinging to a happy ending, Dorothy wings her way through the story plot as the last episode in the Crystal Creek Mysteries concludes. Author M. Sue Alexander excels in ingenuity in this sequel.