Graham Ison draws upon his thirty-year career in Scotland Yard's Special Branch, including involvement in espionage cases and high-level security, to craft compelling narratives. His unique experiences, such as serving at 10 Downing Street and within the Diplomatic Protection Group, lend an authentic and authoritative voice to his writing. He excels at exploring the intricacies of intelligence work and the human element within these clandestine worlds. Readers will find themselves immersed in suspenseful stories that are rich with the detailed understanding that only firsthand experience can bring.
Has Captain Guy Stoner been murdered? His uncle, the Reverend Percy Stoner, is convinced he has. He recently received a letter, supposedly from Guy, claiming that there had been a fire at his farm in Ditton, Surrey, and asking for money. Hardcastle and Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott are assigned the case, and make a shocking discovery...
August, 1939. As war looms, DI Walter Hardcastle is summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard. Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes of those working on a new type of war submarine.
DCI Harry Brock and DS David Poole receive news that Robert Sharp, a conman wanted by the police, has been found dead in a fire at a nudist club near Harrow. Plunged into a deadly mix of deception, betrayal and fraud, Harry and Dave soon uncover a number of people with a grudge against Robert, but can they unmask his killer?
A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance... Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel