“It was Merlin’s first time in the Reform Club but he could see instantly it was cast in a similar mould to the various other London gentlemen’s clubs he had been obliged to visit before in the course of his duties. He had never been able to understand the attraction of these gloomy places, where upper-class, middle-aged and elderly men hid themselves away behind rustling newspapers or dozed in dark rooms full of heavy leather armchairs splattered with cigarette ash and drink stains.” FactsLiteratureFictionResearchDiscoveryLiesSecretsAction FilledEnglish Military Book:The French Spy Source: The French Spy
“Few would have seen Solomon and realised they were looking at one of wartime London’s top gangsters. With his receding hairline, thick-lenses spectacles, sober tie and dark two-piece suit, he resembled a local bank manager, accountant or shop owner.” WarFactsLiteratureFictionLiesHistorical FictionSecretsEntertainingAtrocitiesWartime Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer
“With the rum bottle empty, Marsh had moved on to the Guinness in the kitchen cupboard. After a bottle and a half, he’d decided that action was required.the most satisfying sort of action he could think of was ending the little boy’s life.” FactsDeathLiteraturePoliticsFictionDiscoveryLiesSecretsAtrocitiesNazis Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer