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A spy thriller with industrial espionage and romance.Why should the SVR, Russia's successor to the KGB, be interested in a small scientific glassware business in north-west London? Elizabeth Fielder, one of their agents, takes the place of Peter Lewis' secretary after she is killed in a hit and run accident . Lewis has the entree to a Swiss laboratory which is developing a personality-altering drug and which the Russians plan to steal. Another foreign security service, led by Sam Charles, is keeping Elizabeth under surveillance. Sam has fallen for Elizabeth but can only admire from afar. Meanwhile Lewis and Elizabeth fall in love and he moves into her apartment.The theft of the drug is planned for Lewis and Elizabeth's visit to Basel to make a delivery to the laboratory during the annual Fasnacht Carnival. There is a kidnapping, a rescue by the other security service, a shooting and Elizabeth's arrest on a murder charge. For Lewis the discovery that Elizabeth is not who she purports to be is shattering. For Sam the next campaign is to get Elizabeth out of prison, whether or not she will respond to his affection.

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About the Author Born 21 August 1939, Plymouth, Devon, UK. Secondary education at Plymouth College. Working life with HM Customs and Excise (on purchase tax in north and west London and at a distillery in Dagenham) and then with the Inland Revenue, including five years at the Special Investigations Section, dealing with tax avoidance and also tax evasion cases, followed by spells as District Inspector in charge of tax offices in Willesden (north-west London), Dalston (north-east London) and finally Paignton, Devon. From 1960 to 1962 did National Service in the RAF, servicing V-bomber navigation and bombing radar equipment, mainly at Marham, Norfolk. Married to Jennifer with a son (in Australia) and a daughter (in the UK) and five very sporty grandsons. Interests: politics, music, history, theology (Christian and Jewish), travel, railways and photography (which two often combine). Published on Kindle 2015: The Basel Formula (Part 1 of The Basel Trilogy). Shortly due for publication: Parts 2 & 3, The Basel Exodus and The Basel Account. Also in the pipeline, an unconnected novel: O Chateau, O Seasons! Apart from Moscow he has visited all the locations featured in these novels. His book of railway photographs, Plymouth Steam 1954 to 1963 was published in 1984.

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