Still recovering from the death of her co-worker and lover, Tara Chace isgranted a brief reprieve from London's rain and MI6's bureaucracy. Thisemotionally charged vacation takes Chace to the slopes of Switzerland for avisit with old friends and family. But being an agent for Her Majesty's SecretIntelligence Service leaves little time for rest. A junior minister with close ties to the Prime Minister appears to beselling state secrets to the Russians, and the Minders are assigned to quietlyinvestigate. Tara is forced to walk a tight rope between the violent dangersinherent in the field of espionage and the discretion inherent in thebureaucracy of the government, all the while assuming the new position of MinderOne and field-testing a new agent. Operation: Saltlick takes the Special Section from the safety and comfort ofGreat Britain to the St. Petersburg underworld.