Hardcastle''s Secret Agent

August, 1939. As war looms, DI Walter Hardcastle is summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard. Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes of those working on a new type of war submarine.

About the author

During Graham Ison's thirty-year career in Scotland Yard's Special Branch he was involved in several espionage cases. He also spent four years at 10 Downing Street as Protection Officer to two Prime Ministers. He is an honorary agent of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command.

Summary

August, 1939. As war looms, DI Walter Hardcastle is summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard. Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes of those working on a new type of war submarine.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Ison, Ison Graham
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781780297781
• ISBN: 978-1-78029-778-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: A Hardcastle & Marriott Historical Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical mysteries, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Historical crime and mysteries, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General