Riptide

Product Description Spring 1941. In Germany, after ten years spying for the Americans, Wolfgang Stahl disappears during a Berlin air raid. The Germans think he's dead. The British know he's not. But where is he? MI6 convince US Intelligence that Stahl will head for London, and so Captain Cal Cormack, a shy American 'aristocrat', is teamed with Chief Inspector Stilton of Stepney, fat, fifty, and convivial, and between them they scour London, a city awash with spivs and refugees. But then things start to go terribly wrong and, ditched by MI6 and disowned by his embassy, Cal is introduced to his one last hope - Sgt Troy of Scotland Yard... About the Author John Lawton has spent the last ten years making television programmes, mostly for Channel 4, and editing volumes of H. G. Wells' work. He is the author of the Detective-Sergeant Troy series of crime novels. He lives in Derbyshire. "1941. Britain, alone since Dunkirk; Russia, on the brink of war; America, struggling to stay neutral. And in London Wolfgang Stahl, an American spy, late of the SS, is on the run. Captain Calvin M. Cormack, a shy American 'aristocrat', is teamed with Chief Inspector Stilton to find him before the Germans do. Cal finds himself overwhelmed by the English, and by the demands of Stilton's precocious daughter, Kitty. When things go pear-shaped Cal is ditched by MI6 and disowned by his embassy. His last hope is Kitty's last boyfriend, Sgt. Troy of Scotland Yard"--Page 4 of cover Wartime thriller from the author of BLACK OUT and A LITTLE WHITE DEATH