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John Boldre is once again confronted with a political conundrum.
His brief is to discover why the Russians have been the first to suggest an exchange of prisoners. This is unlike them, particularly as the two men concerned are apparently of little importance in the world of power politics.
The British subject is a T.V. personality who has been arrested in Moscow on a trumped up charge, obviously as a pawn with which to bargain for the freedom of a second British subject who, having been found guilty of minor espionage, is serving his sentence in this country.
Has Security made a mistake in assuming that this courier was only a minor cog? Or had he been of such importance that his masters are prepared to act out of character to get him back? Or is this exactly what the Russians are wanting the British to think?
The situation is complicated even further when the courier breaks jail. Something for Boldre to get his teeth into.
Douglas Clark was born in Lincolnshire in 1919 and died in 1993. He was educated at the University of London and during WWII he served with the Royal Horse Artillery. He wrote over 20 crime novels and under other names, including James Ditton and Peter Hosier.
Genre: Thriller
His brief is to discover why the Russians have been the first to suggest an exchange of prisoners. This is unlike them, particularly as the two men concerned are apparently of little importance in the world of power politics.
The British subject is a T.V. personality who has been arrested in Moscow on a trumped up charge, obviously as a pawn with which to bargain for the freedom of a second British subject who, having been found guilty of minor espionage, is serving his sentence in this country.
Has Security made a mistake in assuming that this courier was only a minor cog? Or had he been of such importance that his masters are prepared to act out of character to get him back? Or is this exactly what the Russians are wanting the British to think?
The situation is complicated even further when the courier breaks jail. Something for Boldre to get his teeth into.
Douglas Clark was born in Lincolnshire in 1919 and died in 1993. He was educated at the University of London and during WWII he served with the Royal Horse Artillery. He wrote over 20 crime novels and under other names, including James Ditton and Peter Hosier.
Genre: Thriller
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