Cross Of Fire

Tweed grasps that the news signals catastrophe in Europe - on Britain's doorstep. Can he identify the mastermind behind this conspiracy in time?

Is there a link between two identical murders - one in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, the second in Bordeaux, France? What roles are played by Jean Burgoyne, English mistress of General Charles de Forge - a pseudo - De Gaulle? By Isabelle Thomas, girl friend of a murdered British agent? By Captain Victor Rosewater, British Army officer?

There are new victims. Who is the ghost-like strangler, Kalmar? All who know the terrible secret are being eliminated.
Savage riots break out in France, the mob brandishes blazing Crosses of Lorraine. The action races from Britain to Switzerland, Germany and France. Paula Grey and Bob Newman, struggling to help Tweed, are caught in the inferno.
Assassination is the spark exploding crisis into disaster.