A former acquaintance of Bradwell’s has been trapped into betraying his country’s secrets by a Nazi agent. Bradwell is sent to spy on the spy, and travels down the Thames on a surveillance trip under cover of a fishing weekend. Things soon take an unexpected turn, and Bradwell finds himself in the company of a dead man, and a pretty young interior decorator called Sally. Will Bradwell triumph over the villains, and will he and Sally fall in love? This neglected thriller novel from 1945 is a pacy and entertaining read, rich with the classic twists of the genre: amnesia, blackmail, and a convict’s escape from Dartmoor. 

Victor Bridges (1878–1972) was a prolific author of crime and thriller novels from the years before the First World War to the 1960s.

Author: Victor Bridges

Brand: British Library Publishing

Number of pages: 288 pages

Binding: Paperback

Dimensions: 190x132mm