Showing Young Mrs. Cavendish and the Kaiser's Men by K. K. Beck

San Francisco society columnist Maude Teasdale Cavendish gets caught up in an an evil conspiracy just before World War One. German spies have infiltrated San Francisco society, and Maude is determined to stop them, and advance her newspaper career while she's at it. A beautiful German opera star; a landless baron complete with monocle and scar; Maude's flirtatious ex-husband; and an adventuresome airplane pilot round out the cast of characters in this riveting page turner.