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Pub. Date
[2000], ©1976
Language
English
Description
In 1943 a crack force of German paratroopers lands in England, prepared to kidnap Churchill. Disguised as Polish soldiers, the men are accepted by the villagers where they land, but are exposed when the German uniform of one of their number is revealed. The entire village is taken hostage, and the race to capture Churchill is on.
Author
Series
Elena Standish volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On her first mission for MI6, the daring young photographer at the heart of bestselling author Anne Perry's thrilling 1930s mystery series travels to Mussolini's Italy to rescue the lover who betrayed her. Britain's secret service, MI6, has lost contact with its informant in northern Italy, just as important intel about the future plans of Austria and Nazi Germany is coming to light. And young Elena Standish, to her surprise, is the only one who...
Author
Series
Jeeves volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Bertie and Jeeves are back for another spot of what Jeeves likes to call 'quiescent espionage' ... This time Bertie is required to impersonate a priest and journey to Cambridge, where the Seventh Earl of Sidcup, aspiring fascist Roderick Spode, is wooing undergraduates to his gang of Brown Shorts. Bertie accepts his charge with equanimity, even when required to do some 'nightclimbing' (an undergrad frolic involving skipping to and fro atop the towers...
Author
Series
Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 4
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks--currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau--has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals--Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War) and...
Author
Series
Sparks & Bainbridge mysteries volume 5
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 5
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 5
Sparks and Bainbridge mysteries volume 5
Sparks and Bainbridge mystery volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the surprisingly dangerous landscape of post-World War II London"--
"In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture--The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous--and never discussed--past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge,...
6) Mile 22
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country.
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