A thrilling World War II-era mystery featuring famous British detective Patrick Dawlish from the Edgar Award-winning author of Death in High Places. < p/> Captain Patrick Dawlish, an intelligence officer in His Majesty's Army, may not officially be a policeman, but his reputation for solving crimes has spread far and wide, which is why a young French woman seeks him out. Yvonne Lejeune escaped Occupied France, made her way to England, and claims she is being followed and blackmailed by strange men. < p/> Yvonne is not the only person trying to draw Dawlish into investigating the case. Three separate visitors have recently appealed to his fiancé e for his help, all leaving the same address--a hotel that is soon engulfed in flames. < p/> Clues lead Dawlish and his friends Ted Beresford and Tim Jeremy to a group of disgruntled government employees who were sacked for believing that Nazi spies invaded the Home Office. Frustratingly, Dawlish finds himself constantly one step behind as the case explodes into a conflagration that could destroy Britain from the inside out . . .
