Talking to Strange Men

Historical Thrillers (Books)

Author: Ruth Rendell

Safe houses and secret message drops, double crosses and defections – it sounds like the stuff of sophisticated espionage, but the agents are only schoolboys engaged in harmless play, unaware of the danger awaiting them if their messages were intercepted… John Creevey doesn’t know the truth behind the mysterious codes he is reading. To him, the messages he decodes with p….Read More

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