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In the spring of 1912, the nation appears calm and confident — yet beneath the surface a dangerous contest of secrets is already under way.
Alexander Templeman, a young and respectable London solicitor, has no interest in intrigue or espionage. But when a chance encounter places him in possession of information others are prepared to kill for, his world is abruptly and violently transformed.
Trapped in the Scottish Lowland hills, Templeman becomes the unwilling participant in a covert struggle against a brilliant and merciless adversary. With no experience of deception or pursuit, and no one he can fully trust, he must learn quickly — or die.
As Europe edges closer to catastrophe, the information he carries grows ever more dangerous, and the consequences of failure ever more profound.
Rich in period atmosphere and driven by suspense, The House of Spies is an old-fashioned espionage thriller in the tradition of The Thirty-Nine Steps — a story of courage, pursuit, and quiet heroism at the dawn of a new and perilous age.
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About the author
Ben is the author of two crime and mystery series and one espionage thriller series. The David Good private investigator stories are set in 1980s London, featuring a PI in tune with his neck of the woods and in possession of some distinctly pliable morals. The Banbury Cross Murder Mystery stories are classic murder mysteries set in the rural market town of Banbury during the early 1960s, featuring the curmudgeonly Inspector Leslie Dykeman and the irascible Sergeant Stanley Shapes. The Alexander Templeman espionage stories are good, old fashioned spy thrillers set in the first two decades of the twentieth-century.
Ben’s writing places an emphasis on strongly developed characters and invariably comes served with a side-order of humour.
Born in London and brought up in Kent, Ben now lives in rural Northamptonshire in the English Midlands, with his family and a heavily over-worked computer.
