Riptide
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.34 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752847899 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of the Detective-Sergeant Troy series of crime novels. Wells' work. About the Author John Lawton has spent the last ten years making television programmes, mostly for Channel 4, and editing volumes of H. He lives in Derbyshire. . G
Same book as Bluffing Mr. Churchill I love this author's Frederick Troy novels, therefore I purchased all of them. Imagine my disappointment when this book was the SAME book as Bluffing Mr. Churchill as novel I had purchased as being the first Troy novel, and I like to read a series from start to finish. Wow, I started reading and, thought this sure sounds familiar!! And, it is the same novel??? Why did they publis. "A good story" according to Paul Rooney. This is one of the first "Inspector Troy's". The story is split into two halves. The first part has an American Army Officer teaming up with a Special Branch officer attempting to locate a high ranking Nazi who has been spying for the Allies. This spy has escaped to London after the Nazi's discover his duplicity. He is hiding in London rather than coming into his Controller becau. "A Great Book - Again" according to Robert Hatton. Another excellent book by Mr Lawton.While many of his contemporaries produce lightweight snacks, John Lawton's novels are always a main course.
Spring 1941. But then things start to go terribly wrong and, ditched by MI6 and disowned by his embassy, Cal is introduced to his one last hope - Sgt Troy of Scotland Yard. The British know he's not. In Germany, after ten years spying for the Americans, Wolfgang Stahl disappears during a Berlin air raid. The Germans think he's dead. But where is he? MI6 convince US Intelligence that Stahl will head for London, and so Captain Cal Cormack, a shy American 'aristocrat', is teamed with Chief Inspector Stilton of Stepney, fat, fifty, and convivial, and between them they scour London, a city awash with spivs and refugees
John Lawton has spent the last ten years making television programmes, mostly for Channel 4, and editing volumes of H. Wells' work. He is the author of the Detective-Sergeant Troy series of crime novels. G. He lives in Derbyshire.