Rising to the Bait

Protected from the intrigues of conmen by the overwhelming blanket of the former regime in East Germany at first it seems that Ada Fenske the elderly widow living on a farm near a soontobe abandoned Russian island military base is fair game The West German military intelligence services want to acquire her farm At first their agent attempts to buy the property openly but her refusal to sell motivates him to try far shadier techniques He comes up with a relative she never knew about who is entitled to a share in the property and tries to blackmail the townships mayor to get his cooperation However the hardworking and honest old lady has an ally in the person of her more sophisticated border a woman who works in the mayors office and has been to the West She takes great delight in foiling the underhanded agent