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Margaret Mayhew

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General Fiction

Those in Peril

Margaret Mayhew

A dramatic saga set during World War II.

France, 1940. Unwilling to witness the fall of his native soil to Germany, artist Louis Duval flees to England, finding lodgings with the beautiful widow Barbara Hillyard. Lieutenant-Commander Alan Powell, charged with sneaking boats across the Channel to gather vital information, recruits Louis, who agrees to return to his occupied homeland and establish a Resistance network there. Barbara's charm soon captures Alan's lonely heart, but will she ever love him, or does she only have eyes for Louis? . . .

UK edition Select Format
Publication Date: 24 Jun 2010
ISBN: 9780727869159
Price: £18.99
Dimensions: 141 x 222
Extent: 432 pages
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US edition Select Format
Publication Date: 31 Dec 2006
ISBN: 9780727864444
Price: $28.95
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5
Extent: 432 pages
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The Lifeline

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The Seventh Link

The Colonel turns reluctant sleuth once more when tragedy strikes at a RAF reunion, in the latest atmospheric village mystery from Margaret Mayhew.

The Colonel is pleased when his old friend Geoffrey Cheetham invites him up to the village of Buckby for the weekend, to coincide with a RAF reunion event. His fellow guests at the Cheethams' B&B include a reunited Lancaster bomber crew. But the Colonel finds himself taking on the reluctant role of sleuth once more when tragedy strikes...

Dry Bones

The Colonel returns, in an atmospheric village mystery from best-selling author Margaret Mayhew.

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The Last Wolf

A thrilling Second World War saga from a much-loved author.

In the summer of 1936, a teenage German boy, Reinhard Richter, is sailing in his father's yacht, Sturmwind, off Scotland. Moored in an island cove, he meets Stroma Mackay and is captivated by her. He persuades her to write to him in Hamburg, and their correspondence continues until war is declared. Reinhard joins the elite U-boat service, while Stroma serves as a plotter in the WRNS, helping fight the desperate battle against the marauding U-boats - the wolf packs. It seems impossible that they will ever meet again . . .

Three Silent Things

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