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Okewood of the Secret Service
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781667662534
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Aug 21 2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On leave in wartime London, a British intelligence officer stumbles from a night at the theatre into a crime that points straight to a hidden spy ring. A beloved music-hall star, a sealed package, and a midnight murder draw him into the Service and onto the trail of an enemy network working behind blackout curtains. Disguises, code names, and false trails lead from stage-door corridors to safe houses and country estates, where charm masks treachery and every ally might be an agent provocateur.
Pressed into a risky masquerade, he crosses lines of loyalty to bait a ruthless traitor and stop a plot that could widen the war. Tight pacing, authentic tradecraft, and vivid wartime detail drive a story of infiltration and counter-plot, as the hunt closes on a secret worth killing for-and dying to keep. From music-hall footlights to shadowed docks and rural retreats, the chase reveals how easily glamour becomes cover, and how loyalty can be tested by fear, temptation, and the lure of power.
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