This is a novel-length story of how Anne Douglas became Anne Swift. It may be read either before or after the novella collections.
While many readers may already know of Anne Swift's exploits as a secret scientist (part time only, please!) for the FBI, the story of how she became a MoBiDet (Molecular Biological Detective) has not yet been told. And, as the old cliché goes, "... until now!"
This story takes her from her years in a private girls high school through her courtship, marriage and the beginnings of married life with the man who would soon become the renown inventor and scientist, Damon Swift, and the mother to Tom Swift and his sister Sandy Swift.
It tells the story of how she was first approached for the job, how she refused to consider it--in spite of receiving a very impressive phone call--and how she eventually decided she was getting just a little bored sitting around the house once her son was in kindergarten and her daughter was in pre-school.
It also tells about her very first case, the people she worked with, and how she managed to stumble on the answer to a very deadly problem.