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In the Struggle and Service of My People - Hilary Paul Logali - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the Struggle and Service of My People - Hilary Paul Logali - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the Struggle and Service of My People describes the growing up and education of a boy in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan in a missionary dominated environment. This memoir explains the economic political educational policies of the Anglo Egyptian Sudan, dominated by the British, which marginalized the South Sudanese. Through Hilary Paul Logali’s story one can see the awakening up of the South Sudanese to political realities only to find out that they have been railroaded, fait accompli, into a country without their knowledge and consultation. It shows the struggle of the Southerners as the underdogs in the struggle for a breathing space in Sudan with more mature, educated, sophisticated and dominant Northern Sudanese. You can however see how the new and better educated South Sudanese began to articulate Southern aspirations better than their parents. This political memoir explains the effects of coups and military rule as well as one party systems, which were in the vogue in Africa in those years, resulting in the stifling of democracy. It also demonstrates the scourge and the inimical effect of tribalism as an impediment to political development which is also rampant in many parts of Africa. You also will see the negative effect of political Islam in the country, which eventually drove the Sudan into the bad books of the international community and especially of the United States. Through all this can be seen the character of a person, Hilary Paul Logali, the Southern nationalist who sacrificed his education and career for the sake of the political service he undertook for his people.

DKK 161.00
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UK Healthcare Is in Crisis - David Sellu - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

UK Healthcare Is in Crisis - David Sellu - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

About 10,000 patients die unnecessarily and thousands more are harmed in other ways from healthcare mishaps every year. Many of these harms are from ingrained systemic errors but instead of fixing them, the healthcare service, including the NHS, blames and punishes individuals when things go wrong. The service is blighted by sexism, racism, and other forms of discrimination and turns a blind eye to bullying and harassment by a small but significant minority. The service does not like its weaknesses and problems exposed and whistleblowers are persecuted. Our NHS is failing when compared to similar services in developed countries. Millions of people are waiting for tests or treatment, and many will die before they get to the top of this queue. For many of those who make it there, it will be too late, as their conditions will have progressed. Of course, the service is starved of investment but rectifying this alone will not suffice. We have to start by repairing the internal culture and must implement programs that enable us to learn from failures.

DKK 119.00
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Teddy's War - Robert Webber - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Teddy's War - Robert Webber - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

“…our service operates in the background, and now it appears that there may be lurking in that milieu a malevolent spirit that we need to flush out…” June 1940. The fledgeling Air Transport Auxiliary is rocked by a scandal that could ground the service before it has fully developed its wings. Teddy Carlton is approached by the acquaintance of an old school friend to help resolve the issue and thus embarks on a journey that sees her engaged in some of the most exciting work that a woman could perform in wartime. Her voyage sees Teddy embroiled in the secret world of espionage while exploiting her nascent skills in flying until she becomes one of the country’s top ferry pilots and a respected agent of the Security Service. Heartache and joy are her constant companions throughout her service, but the love for her family and her country keeps Teddy focused on the ultimate goal – the defeat of Nazi Germany... …and her husband only knew the half of it.

DKK 152.00
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So Anyway - Jl Somerset - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

So Anyway - Jl Somerset - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The stakes couldn’t be higher at the poker service in the Russian Unorthodox Church over the chip shop: Ottoman Ozgur is after a crucial Greek recipe, but risks getting Stavro’s dreaded daughter instead. Up the High Street, retired light-heavyweight ‘Shakespeare’ O’Brien’s Oxford Academy of Higher Learning could be about to lose its only student to the Chinese Secret Service. The Rev. ‘Sunshine’ Jackson’s Boy’s Club isn’t doing much better, so if the juvenile delinquents won’t join him, he’ll have to join them. Meanwhile serial loser Puffy Addit has got religion and job on the buses, and they don’t mix well. Accidental celebrity chef Gordon Bennet is in well over his head, and so is Rob Turpin when he tuns up to nick a work of art he nicked once before. If it ain’t one bloomin’ thing it’s another.

DKK 119.00
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The Clown Prosecutor - Miller Caldwell - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Clown Prosecutor - Miller Caldwell - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sam Harvie, son of a circus manager, causes mayhem in court and is eventually dismissed from the Prosecution service. He tries his hand at a variety of jobs, but they all result in a sacking. To recall his youth, he returns to Mediterranean France where the circus had several seasons in the past. There he meets Carole, the English correspondent of Le Figaro, and they fall in love. But can their love be sustained as Sam continues to fall foul in comical ways. He is the victim of an attempted murder and gives evidence in court at a murder charge too. Sam follows Carole to Paris only to be trapped in a service lift. Will marriage to Carole and a fresh career be the answer? This is a truly hilarious story which will have you laughing page after page.

DKK 119.00
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A Bit of Cake for Trebor - A.p. Rogers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Bit of Cake for Trebor - A.p. Rogers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The eighties were a period when Detective Inspector Trebor felt most at home with his work and his squads. He joined the Police force not a service! He’d seen the operation of catching the bad guys transforming sadly into a uniformed social service. Early in his career, Bob was identified as a good ‘thief taker’ and along with his promotion he was both competent and comfortable with the responsibility of supervision. As the youngest DI in the country, Bob’s reorganising of squads and protracted periods under cover brought more success, but this became a growing concern from some of his peers who were less than honest. But when a member of his team is suddenly suspected of murder, can Bob expose the truth and ensure that the killer is brought to justice? A Bit of Cake for Trebor is the gripping and thrilling third book in the series, following on from The Fit Up and The Smoking Gun and charts Bob’s travails in covert work.

DKK 120.00
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Wings But No Angel - C. K. Smith - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Wings But No Angel - C. K. Smith - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Wings But No Angel details Ken Smith''s remarkable journey from choirboy on HMS Victory to the Royal Marines and then the Special Air Service/ Special Boat Service. Ken saw action on the North Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean convoys before volunteering for the SAS and being involved in some of its most celebrated battles of WW2. During the Villa Punta raid in Yugoslavia, he was wounded and carried a bullet in his shoulder for the rest of his life. Five weeks later, he was part of a specially selected 18-man force in Operation Fry, during which the regiment''s sole Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded to his officer, Anders Lassen. Wings But No Angel is not just a story about the SAS. It is about Ken''s formative years that enabled him to become part of a legendary fighting force and the lasting impact WW2 had on him. It charts his tough transition from a special forces soldier to civilian life. Written by one of his ten children this book is informative, entertaining and at times darkly humorous as it highlights the personal story behind the action.

DKK 173.00
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Blake's Progress - Nigel Kemble Clarkson - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Blake's Progress - Nigel Kemble Clarkson - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Having completed a controversial twelve-year military career, Captain Richard Blake finds his subsequent service with the Officer Special Reserve Corps soon significantly eating into his first civilian career as a broker in Lloyd’s of London. Initially, this is no small part due to the passionate, irresponsible side of his nature allowing him to become victim of a dazzling lady with subversive anti-British intensions. What ensues, including the tragic death of his lover, draws him more deeply into secret service involvement. He then falls under the ruthless control of an MI6 martinet of a colonel who eventually persuades his employer to allow Richard to become a full time MI6 operative. Having been almost murdered while operating in New York the new agent is selected to take part in a vital West African mission with another former fellow officer and old friend. Things soon become far more complex and hazardous, and dramatically intensifies when his friend is sadistically slaughtered by their main opponent there. Richard must face further danger in both the Far East and on secondment to the Nigerian army as he continues to fight the enemies of Western civilisation.

DKK 120.00
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Fatal Flaw - J.e. Kellenberger - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fatal Flaw - J.e. Kellenberger - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Adventure, intrigue, and a dog named Ted A daring escape across water, wartime service on convoys, a glittering career in professional sport, the larger-than-life central character is marked, sadly, not by his successes but by his failures; a lack of empathy with his fellow man. Was any form of reconciliation possible after injuring the family’s beloved pet? And could he ever lay to rest the grief he still felt for his deceased father. Maybe it was his inability to look beyond his self-centred world that was a portent of the family discord that was to come.

DKK 126.00
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The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941 - Jonathan Parkinson - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941 - Jonathan Parkinson - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A definitive history of the Royal Navy’s China Station. In the The Navy List for April 1864 the China Station was first shown as a separate Royal Navy Station . It remained as such until the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941 which was to signal the end of that era. In addition to a precis of the lives and naval careers of each of the Commanders in Chief of the China Station, this volume also gives relevant information outlining something of the concurrent internal affairs of China and Japan. Both are very different but sad tales, the former in decline towards the end of the Manchu Ch’ing dynasty and then into the chaotic 1920’s and 1930’s, and the latter increasingly adopting a militaristic attitude which was to result in their disaster of the Pacific War of 1941-1945. As a reminder of these days long gone are interwoven brief references to the British Consular Service. This is especially relevant for China, and for a shorter period for Japan during that era of extraterritoriality. Mention is also made of the British Colonial Service with whom, necessarily, the Navy worked very closely. In addition, being one important reason for it all, frequent references are made to a few British shipping and trading interests together with those of some other nations. All of these areas are linked together to give a definitive history of this very important Royal Navy Station.

DKK 312.00
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Truth’s Labyrinth - Jorgen Steines - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Truth’s Labyrinth - Jorgen Steines - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The year is 1943; World War II rages on. Major Johann Richter of the German military intelligence service, Abwehr, is tasked with a case of great importance for the war effort. Several incidents point to a traitor among the top Nazis, and Johann starts investigating generals, field marshals and party leaders. As the investigation progresses, Johann witnesses the extensive atrocities of the regime – atrocities that ordinary German people know little about. His loyalty to the Third Reich is severely tested, and an unexpected chain of events places him and his family in grave danger. As Johann finally comes close to revealing the traitor, he is faced with a difficult choice that could radically change the course of the war...

DKK 132.00
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Peckham Rye - Miles Prince - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Peckham Rye - Miles Prince - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Wright, a young, alcoholic, mixed-race man, lives alone in a Peckham council flat earning a living by solving tough problems for people in his community. A chance phone call leads him on a tense trail from the poverty of London housing estates to gold mines in Ghana, and from the sinister underbelly of London’s global service sector to the gaudy riches of Mayfair. As Joseph struggles to make sense of his own story, he takes the reader on a dangerous journey of discovery towards a truth that should be as unpalatable as it is unacceptable for those who still want to believe in democracy. In doing so he finds both the personal and institutional reasons for the gaping inequality in economic outcomes we see today and has to confront powerful forces, which, over hundreds of years, have captured much of the world’s history for their own ends.

DKK 119.00
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Survival - Sixtus Beckmesser - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Survival - Sixtus Beckmesser - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Tamara is brought up in a dangerously unstable Baltic state. Her government parents are always pre-occupied with their attempts to save democracy and she no longer feels safe. In imminent danger, Tamara attempts to escape to Sweden with a friend, but is captured and sent to a safe house where she unexpectedly finds love. Catastrophic events put Tamara further in danger as she’s thrust into a labour camp with other students and staff. Bernadette, a young student teacher, meets Tamara on a coach following their arrest. Becoming friends, they strive to carve better lives for themselves. Detty enlists a soldier from a neighbouring service regiment to help them plot their escape. Still in great danger, together they plan to fight the ghastly regime inspired by a few friends, their courage and music. Can they succeed and reach a tranquil life in a free country?

DKK 139.00
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Saint Blaise - Robert Dewar - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Saint Blaise - Robert Dewar - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Blaise is thirteen years old when this story opens in 1968. Within the stratified society of Cape Town during the height of the Apartheid era, his family occupies the very top rung of the social and economic ladder. Gifted, popular, good looking, Blaise is set for a life of happiness and success. But during his third year at university, tragedy strikes, and Blaise’s life is turned upside down. He opts to waive his student deferment from military service, and 1975 sees him participating in South Africa’s first campaign against regular Cuban forces in Angola. Traumatised by what he witnesses, Blaise’s Catholic faith now becomes more important to him than ever before. He comes to believe he is called to serve in Rhodesia as a missionary. Here, during the tail end of that country’s vicious bush war, Blaise must endure the single greatest hardship and horror of his life, and suffer a terrible ordeal, and it is from this moment that he begins to acquire his reputation as a Catholic mystic and holy man.

DKK 127.00
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Dangerous Deceits - Cherith Baldry - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Dangerous Deceits - Cherith Baldry - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

When Thomas Coates, Vicar of St Paul’s, Ellingwood, disappears from his vestry minutes before the Sunday morning service, subsequently to be found dead on the North Downs, reluctant amateur detective Gawaine St Clair is called in to investigate. Gawaine and his companions assemble a list of suspects: Frank Reed, whose wife Ruth was refused Communion by Fr Thomas because she has been divorced; John Bretton who had clashed with Fr Thomas over his chaplaincy of the local prep school; Stella Bretton and Andrew Danby who have been breaking their marital vows together; Henry Hartley, Church Treasurer, who appears to have more money than he should have; Richard Coates, Fr Thomas’s brother, who inherits shares that give him control of the family business. Further complications arise when it is discovered that the local doctor’s receptionist is hopelessly infatuated with the doctor. Could her suicide be connected to Fr Thomas’s murder? What is the significance of Fr Thomas’s missing pectoral cross? And who else had a role to play in the crime?

DKK 112.00
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Jurymen May Dine - Nick Boreham - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Jurymen May Dine - Nick Boreham - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A man on trial for murder. A split jury. An investigation that spins out of control. And a gangland vendetta that destroys everything in its path. Tony Quirke is the sort of person you see travelling to work on the London Underground and don’t pay much attention to – thirty something, middling sort of job in the City, interested in beer and rugby. One day he’s called for jury service on a murder trial. His fellow jurors are convinced that the young man in the dock is a heartless killer. Tony disagrees. He doesn’t think the prosecution case stacks up, so after the defendant is convicted on a majority verdict, he goes looking for evidence the police missed. One by one he peels away the layers of corruption that conceal the truth. But his quest takes an unexpected turn, raising demons from his past and forcing him to confront the question of which side of the law he’s really on. Jurymen May Dine is a psychologically complex mystery with twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the end.

DKK 120.00
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A Holiday to Die For - Marion Leigh - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Holiday to Die For - Marion Leigh - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The dynamic duo from The Politician’s Daughter, Marine Unit Sergeant Petra Minx of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and her Italian friend Carlo, who works for Interpol, return in another grand adventure. With some misgivings, Petra accompanies the mercurial Carlo to his cousin’s wedding in South Africa. The bait: a trip to Namibia and a safari in Etosha National Park. But other people are out there laying bait for unsuspecting young women. Two teenage girls are attacked on their first night in Cape Town. When Petra discovers they have joined a tour to Namibia which includes volunteering in an African village and that her boss’s protégeé, Vicky, has left her job at a local hotel to do community service, her antennae begin to quiver. Her suspicions grow when she meets the reluctant bride, Julia, her stepbrother Florian who trades on his looks to ensnare women, and the phoney priest Father John. Petra is determined to find the girls and foil Florian’s diabolical plans for the future, but can she do it without ruining her holiday, her friendship with Carlo and perhaps her life?

DKK 120.00
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Maggie Lachie - Margaret S. Macdougall - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Maggie Lachie - Margaret S. Macdougall - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Maggie Lachie is the story of one woman’s amazing journey from abject poverty to considerable social standing and financial security. Born in Oban in the highlands of Scotland in 1872, Maggie was orphaned at the age of two. She was brought up by relatives, separated from her four older sisters, and as a young adult went into service as a maid in Lanarkshire. What happened in her life as she grew older is a fascinating tale of the social mobility that was possible in the Scotland of that era. The book also describes the ups and downs the author experienced in researching her family tree and touches on some significant historical events which impacted on Maggie’s life. This book is partly about the addictive lure of the chase when researching genealogy and partly a record of the lives of Maggie and her sisters after they were orphaned. It reflects the stories of countless families. It is written in the hope others will be inspired to start looking into their family’s history.

DKK 148.00
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Am I Unique? - Colin Wallace - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Am I Unique? - Colin Wallace - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

When George Wilson is struck by the tragic death of his childhood sweetheart and fiancée, he set off on an odyssey, which leads him to North Africa. During his stay, he is duped into being a ‘mule’ and finds himself sentenced in Spain for drug smuggling. George is released from prison and in a very unsettled frame of mind, he enlists in the French Foreign Legion. During his service he is posted to Algeria during the period of the Algerian War of Independence. He becomes disillusioned over the ethics of the hostilities and his indecision of thoughts makes him sympathetic towards the Algerian Cause. Fate makes up his mind for him when an act of gallantry to an Algerian girl and her brother, leads him to taking up arms with the Algerian Freedom Fighters. His love for the Algerian girl becomes his driving force and together they are involved in many escapades, some of a dangerous nature. George is finally caught by the Foreign Legion military police and during an incident in which shots are fired. His time in detention proves that the pen can be mightier than the sword, and each, in their own manner, are unique.

DKK 97.00
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Don't Bother To Dress Up - Maly Sayle - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Don't Bother To Dress Up - Maly Sayle - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Lizzie was an army child. She went on to marry an army officer and believed a life of routine and order would follow. But after 34 years of, relatively, happy married life she received the bombshell that her overweight, balding husband was leaving her for a Polish woman 20 years her junior. Within a month Lizzie was single, penniless, about to be homeless and very, very angry. It was also becoming obvious her mother was fast heading towards full dementia. The stability and help that Lizzie had hoped to give her aging parents was heading out the window, along with her husband’s clothes and possessions. After the sale of her home, Lizzie moves into the spare room of her daughter Lucy’s flat. A situation somewhat complicated by Lucy, at the same time, setting up a sex party business. For the next six months Lizzie shared the room with condoms, sex toys and champagne. When life could not seem to be any stranger, Lucy then decided to sign her mother up on Times Encounters, an on-line dating service. And then the fun really began. It was time of chaos, laughter, tears and a lot of very interesting encounters.

DKK 120.00
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Night After Night - Luella Langevad - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Night After Night - Luella Langevad - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The fascinating WW II story of William Meyer, a Lancaster pilot who carried the burden of a startling secret never revealed to the RAF or his crews . Determined to serve his country and become a pilot, William Meyer leaves the comparative safety of his life in a ‘reserved’ occupation to volunteer for active service. After a training period in the USA and Scotland, he joins the RAF IX(B) Squadron flying Lancasters. He and his crew become known for their outstanding performance. Introduced to the unique stresses and the strange duality of life in Bomber Command, William Meyer is caught between two worlds: the terrifying nights in the skies over Germany and ‘normal’ life off duty. And always, at the back of his mind, is the insistent thoughts of what tomorrow night might bring. Luella Langevad tells the remarkable tale of how she traced William Meyer''s time in the RAF, and how his startling secret was discovered. Follow her journey as she describes the unexpected results of this search in present day Germany, and the shock as a last poignant link to the past is discovered there.

DKK 141.00
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Find Your North Star - Rohan West - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Find Your North Star - Rohan West - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

William Robertson is a torn man.Nearly four and a half years since his once beloved eldest brother, Albert, fled the clergy to elope with a woman, the couple are now blacklisted from both families and William has come to despise Albert for the effect his actions have had on the family.With war now raging across Europe, the same sinister clouds are looming over the Pacific nations. William’s desire to serve is met when he enlists with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and is assigned to 75 New Zealand Squadron as an aircraft navigator and bomb aimer, stationed at RAF Feltwell, Norfolk.Meeting a South African nurse, Darlene du Toit, after getting injured on his first combat mission, he starts to see parallels between his own life and Albert’s. Darlene must deal with the horrors of ever-increasing casualties from Bomber Command sorties over Germany and occupied Europe. Two mysterious strangers cross her path, quickly becoming a danger to Darlene’s life…Based on true events, this powerful story traces a man’s conflicts with family honour, his service to King and Country, pain at losing his brother from his life and his burgeoning love for a woman.

DKK 119.00
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To Die in Oslo - Alan Hunt - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

To Die in Oslo - Alan Hunt - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

“ I do have one piece of useful intelligence ,” said Freddie. “ Guy Chesterton’s out. ” Adam White, British ambassador in Oslo, is shocked to learn that the man who tried to kill him fifteen years earlier in Oxford is out of prison and seeking revenge. In the same week, MI6 officer Hugh Tennyson informs Adam that a man murdered on an Oslo train is Leonid Zabolotny, a Russian FSB agent claiming knowledge of a mole in the Norwegian security service (the PST) and of an unspecified threat to British security. Hugh joins Oslo Police detective Rebekka Storvik in the hunt for the killer. Others soon involved are Adam’s lover, Alison Webster, the former Oxford student Taraneh Esfahani and her onetime MI6 handler, Freddie Gardiner, a sworn enemy of Hugh Tennyson. How and when will Chesterton strike? Who is the PST mole? What is the threat to British security? The Deputy head of the PST, Holger Selberg, is arrested, but protests his innocence. Has he been framed? If so, who by? There is no shortage of suspects, and any number of twists and turns, as the intertwined stories come to a series of unexpected climaxes.

DKK 119.00
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