The Man in the Barretina Hat

Normally, life on the Mediterranean island of Malta is safe and calm. Then two professors go missing on the same day. A baker starts dealing in a shady side business. Nearby, a woman wakes up in a mysterious clinic.
Cristabel, a talented and connected technology student senses something is wrong when her mentor and favourite teacher fails to show-up for class. Soon a more dangerous picture begins to emerge. With every turn, Cristabel uncovers another layer of deception and links to foreign intelligence. Luckily, she knows who she can trust. Tangled in a web of misinformation, conspiracy and shifting allegiances, she races to unravel—or propel forward—a sequence of events that exposes just how fragile the balance between people and power really is.