January 1954. Mists cover the hills around Selchester. Someone at the research facility known as the Atomic is leaking secrets to Soviet Russia, and when nuclear scientist Bruno Rothesay goes missing, the British Intelligence Services are convinced he’s the mole. Hugo Hawksworth isn’t so sure. Then a body turns up, and Hugo’s instincts are proven correct. But if Rothesay wasn’t selling secrets to the Soviets, who is?
As Hugo digs deeper into buried connections and unlikely coincidences, he knows there’s more to this case than his London superiors believe. But following his instincts will pit him against the Establishment—and tangle him once again in the poisonous legacy of the late Lord Selchester.
As he closes in on the truth, Hugo finds himself confronted by an adversary who will stop at nothing, in a case that will prove the most personal of his career.
A research scientist has gone missing, the problem is that just before he did secrets were leaked to the Soviets and so the natural assumption is that he has upped and headed behind the Iron Curtain as he must have thought he was about to be found out. The only problem with this idea arises a few days later when Georgia Hawksworth and Polly Selchester see his body in the river, so the idea then is that he drowned himself, however, the bullet hole in the back of his head rules THAT idea out as well!
Now Freja needs to get over her writer's block, Gus (Lord Selchester) needs to keep finding his feet in England and Hugo needs to find the Mole (without annoying the Establishment any more than he already has), oh and he needs to make a decision about staying in Selchester and about his relationship with his girlfriend Valerie (who is still in London).
I am sorry that this is the last in the series due to the sudden death of the Authoress (her daughter finished it for her) but I am glad that a lot of stuff is wound up successfully!
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