and the back of the book says Cassandra Riley globetrotting translator first introduced to award-winning Gotti afternoon is and on the road this time to China by way of Budapest where she plans to catch the trans Mongolian Express. but it serious a change chance encounters on the train leaves Cassandra and her friends to the mythic karthian mountains a transylvania. there, and a crumbling health spa directed by sinister doctor plus key that's close enough cuz Sandra finds herself in Tangled with a host of intriguing characters the snaps an American family with mysterious withdrawn 4-year-old Romanian daughter Gladys bent whistle who is hoping pooskowski Wonder truck and help her beat old age zoska the spa hotels firing with a hidden pass and not a pop that ignamic director of the Romanian tourist agency. when murder strikes Cassandra is investigation with humor and a loft tackling mud bass ethically the Romanian police the religious the religion of the god Great goddess and her search for truth love and eternal life. a claim for Barbara Wilson with trouble in Transylvania Ms Wilson's lesbian Globetrotter has a reckless nature of facility for languages and a lively curiosity about foreign cultures tossing her offbeat sense of humor and you've got a terrific road pal the New York times books reviews of that a very funny second outing with the uproaris mud bath sequence and I'm using gender bender pronoun slip UPS plus travel writing so compelling that you'll be reaching for your passport Wilson is smart and tart and knows how to write from a feminist perspective without one stupid to pull mix Wilson's lively sense of humor and her interest in other cultures and their histories and death of color to her tail Cassandra is good company and a first rate tour guide publishers weekly..