Graham Ison schöpft aus seiner dreißigjährigen Karriere bei der Spezialeinheit Scotland Yards, einschließlich seiner Beteiligung an Spionagefällen und Hochsicherheitsaufgaben, um fesselnde Erzählungen zu schaffen. Seine einzigartigen Erfahrungen, wie seine Tätigkeit in der Downing Street 10 und innerhalb der Diplomatischen Schutztruppe, verleihen seiner Schrift eine authentische und maßgebliche Stimme. Er zeichnet sich darin aus, die Feinheiten der Geheimdienstarbeit und das menschliche Element in diesen geheimen Welten zu erforschen. Die Leser werden in spannende Geschichten eintauchen, die reich an detailliertem Verständnis sind, das nur eigene Erfahrungen mit sich bringen können.
Has Captain Guy Stoner been murdered? His uncle, the Reverend Percy Stoner, is convinced he has. He recently received a letter, supposedly from Guy, claiming that there had been a fire at his farm in Ditton, Surrey, and asking for money. Hardcastle and Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott are assigned the case, and make a shocking discovery...
August, 1939. As war looms, DI Walter Hardcastle is summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard. Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes of those working on a new type of war submarine.
DCI Harry Brock and DS David Poole receive news that Robert Sharp, a conman wanted by the police, has been found dead in a fire at a nudist club near Harrow. Plunged into a deadly mix of deception, betrayal and fraud, Harry and Dave soon uncover a number of people with a grudge against Robert, but can they unmask his killer?
A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance... Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel