![]() ![]() Inspired by the events and people of World War I, writer Rhys Bowen crafts a sweeping and riveting saga of class, family, love, and betrayal. Can he, with Pamela's help, stop them before England falls? But Pamela has her own secret: she has taken a job at Bletchley Park, the British code-breaking facility.Īs Ben follows a trail of spies and traitors, which may include another member of Pamela's family, he discovers that some within the realm have an appalling, history-altering agenda. The assignment also offers Ben the chance to be near Lord Westerham's middle daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy. An hour from London in Kent, a parachutist falls to his death at Lord Westerham's estate. ![]() ![]() Aristocrats in the English society were known to have supported deposing the king and in favor of making peace with Germany. World War I comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. IN FARLEIGH FIELD is a novel of World War II, set in the English countryside in the early 1940s. ![]() Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel, and the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery. Set in England during the early years of WWII, this well-crafted, thoroughly entertaining thriller from Agatha Awardwinner Bowen ( Crowned and Dangerous and nine other Royal Spyness mysteries). Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylish-like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater. ![]()
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