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The Riddle of the Sands

(1903)
A Record of Secret Service
A novel by Erskine Childers

One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England.

Genre: Thriller

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