Bulldog Drummond Case of the Crimson Widow

A dead ambassador. A crimson spider. And a woman who should have remained a ghost.

When a British ambassador is found dead inside a locked Daimler in Berkeley Square, Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond immediately recognises the significance of the red silk ribbon clutched in the dead man's hands.

The black spider stitched into its fabric belongs to one woman.

The Crimson Widow.

MI5 soon reveals that the murdered ambassador had been carrying highly sensitive intelligence intended for the Prime Minister. The documents are gone, and the Widow has begun activating a clandestine network of agents spread across Europe a network known as the Crimson Web.

With intelligence officer Verity Vale and the ever-resourceful Algy Longworth at his side, Drummond follows the trail from London's fogbound streets to Prague, Berlin and beyond. Along the way he encounters arms brokers, assassins, secret operatives and the deadly Black Falcon, while the Widow manipulates events from the shadows.

But the deeper Drummond travels into her web, the more personal the case becomes. The Widow knows details from his past that no stranger should possess, and buried intelligence files suggest that Drummond himself may have been part of a secret programme stretching back to the Great War.

Meanwhile, darker forces are gathering across Europe. The Widow is not merely stealing secrets or settling old scores. She is building something capable of surviving governments, wars and even her own disappearance.

To stop her, Drummond must determine where the Widow's loyalties truly lie and whether the woman he is hunting is an enemy, a survivor, or something far more dangerous.

Espionage. Murder. Betrayal. And a web stretching across Europe.

Bulldog Drummond and the Case of the Crimson Widow by Martin Swan is a fast-paced historical espionage thriller filled with secret agents, political intrigue, old enemies and classic adventure.