The Secret Houses (The Secret Trilogy Book 2)

The Secret Houses (The Secret Trilogy Book 2)

John Gardner's The Secret Generations was acclaimed as one of the classic works of Cold War espionage fiction.

The Secret Houses is its explosive sequel.

Two families - the Railtons in Britain and the Farthings in America - are at the heart of a titanic political struggle, their fates intertwined in the secret world of Intelligence by blood, love, loyalty and betrayal.

The British Secret Intelligence Service and the American Office of Strategic Services are locked in a desperate struggle to destroy the war machine that threatens the future of the world - and once again the Railtons and the Farthings are drawn into the secret struggle.

Both families are intimately concerned in the fate of the Tarot resistance network, operated by Caspar Railton under the nose of the ruthless SS officer Hans-Dieter Klaubert, known as the Devil of OrlÃ©ans. Caspar has recruited his nieces Caroline and Jo-Jo as undercover agents in France, and their disappearance coincided with the break-up of Tarot.

The truth about Tarot and the fate of Caroline and Jo-Jo is at the heart of this enthralling installment of an Intelligence saga that has been hailed on both sides of the Atlantic as a classic of espionage fiction.

â€˜Faultless construction and a good deal of narrative pace combine to make this a thoroughly enjoyable readâ€™ â€“ Books

â€˜A complex but sophisticated and rewarding sequel to The Secret Generationsâ€¦ a third Railton/Farthing saga seems assured and is welcomeâ€™ â€“ Kirkus Reviews

â€˜An exciting spy storyâ€™ â€“ Yorkshire Post

â€˜The suspense is well-portrayed both in the accounts of World War II and in the subsequent cold-war exploitsâ€™ â€“ Booklist

Before coming an author of fiction in the early 1960â€™s John Gardner was variously a stage magician, a Royal Marine officer and a journalist. In all Gardner has fifty-four novels to his credit, including Maestro, which was the New York Times book of the year. He was also invited by Ian Flemingâ€™s literary copyright holders to write a series of continuation James Bond novels, which proved to be so successful that instead of the contracted three books he went on to publish some fourteen titles, including Licence Renewed and Icebreaker. Having lived in the Republic of Ireland, the United States and the UK, John Gardner sadly died in August of 2007 having just completed his third novel in the Moriarty trilogy, Conan Doyleâ€™s eponymous villain of the Sherlock Holmes series.

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Country USA
Manufacturer Lume Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-09-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lume Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-09-02
Format	Kindle eBook

The Secret Houses (The Secret Trilogy Book 2)

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