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World warfare II involves Farleigh position, the ancestral domestic of Lord Westerham and his 5 daughters, while a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his dying at the property. After his uniform and possessions elevate suspicions, MI5 operative and relatives buddy Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with picking if the guy is a German secret agent. The project additionally deals Ben the opportunity to be close to Lord Westerham’s center daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves. yet Pamela has her personal mystery: she has taken a task at Bletchley Park, the British code-breaking facility.

As Ben follows a path of spies and traitors, that could contain one other member of Pamela’s relatives, he discovers that a few in the realm have an appalling, history-altering schedule. Can he, with Pamela’s aid, cease them prior to England falls?

Inspired via the occasions and other people of global conflict II, author Rhys Bowen crafts a sweeping and riveting saga of sophistication, relatives, love, and betrayal.

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