In the 1980's a wig-maker by the name of Dubois flees his native Paris in order to excape his past, and settles in the small town of Tampa, Florida. He takes on a new name, Lucien Goulet, so that he cannot be traced. This is Catherine Chidgey's third novel which is an extraordinary historical adventure and mystery. She is also the author of "In a Fishbone Church" and "Golden Deeds".