Modern-day novel, Victorian mystery, 'The Knot of Isis' is both.The riddle of an old family book sets off an unexpected series of events for Martin Farrant, a young man on a summer visit to Sweden. There he meets a lovely girl, but will romance work out for him? Meanwhile, as one circumstance leads to another, he gains access to the journal of his Victorian ancestor, Conroy Farrant, the 'black sheep of the family', and learns of his involvement with the mysterious Elvina Hartwood. Why does she seek the ancient amulet? What is the secret of the 'Knot of Isis'?