A body is found in a Salt Hedge with a crate of purloined books. Ruan Peat is on the case. Hela believes she has the means to achieve Hungarian Independence, if only she can get her hands on it. No one will be allowed to stand in her way. Greta Finnerty is smuggling a dead English officer through French lines, with urgent news for the Dutch Authorities. Three strands pulling deftly drawn characters together from remote Norwegian mountains, ancient Russian battles, Irish and French Uprisings, until all three strands become one in the exciting historical adventure that is The Juggler's Box.