1. The Last Line
May 1940. As German forces sweep through France and invasion of Britain appears increasingly possible, Sussex farmer and Great War veteran John Cook volunteers to fight. Instead, he is recruited into a secret stay-behind organisation whose members are expected to vanish into the countryside and resist…
2. The Berlin Agent
England, 1940. With France defeated and the threat of invasion hanging over southern Britain, John Cook and Lady Margaret continue preparing for the moment when their secret resistance orders may be activated. During an air raid a parachutist drops from a German aircraft, leaving behind a…
3. The Blitz Secret
London, 1940. As the capital endures German bombing, John Cook is pulled away from rural Sussex by the disappearance of a young woman during an air raid. His search leads toward a network of spies operating amid the confusion of the Blitz, where blackout, destruction and…
4. The Traitor’s Code
England, 1940. John Cook’s train is halted at gunpoint by men posing as Home Guard officers, and two of them escape into the woods carrying mysterious suitcases. At the same time, Lady Margaret is helping place members of the Women’s Land Army on local farms when…