(from back cover) Didn't it occur to him that he might be wrong? Shyness and years in Africa's Karoo desert had bred in Carla Duminy a deep reserve that she wore like invisible armor to shield herself from harsh realities. The cold hauteur some people thought she exhibited was just an illusion. Foreign-affairs-correspondent Revel Braden was renowned for his dogged pursuit of truth, no matter what the danger. Yet he displayed a particularly biased view when it came to Carla and her friendship with Vivienne Franck's husband. He claimed he knew Carla for what she was--a married man's mistress who deserved to learn the meaning of heartache.
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