The Spies of Hartlake Hall
Description of the book
From the author of Death on the Lusitania, The Spies of Hartlake Hall by R L Graham is a gripping and evocative historical crime novel set in the closing stages of WW1.
London, 1917. When a man’s body is found deep inside Room 40, the code-breaking centre of the Admiralty, secret service agent Patrick Gallagher is brought in to investigate. The man has no
identification and was discovered in a room locked from the inside with no other exit. Moreover, a
highly confidential telegram is found on the body which would be political dynamite if it were to fall
into the wrong hands.
Few know about the death and to avoid raising further suspicion, Gallagher invites those involved to
his family’s home at Hartlake Hall for questioning. But they are not the only guests at the stately hall
as a hunting party are staying for the weekend. Throughout the course of three days, further bodies
pile up as a ruthless killer continues to pull the strings from the shadows. While WW1 rages on in
Europe, many in attendance are not who they say they are and Gallagher must move quickly if he is
to expose a deadly spy among them . . .
