Adventures in the Security Service
About the Book
London: Inspector Paul Griffin, a handsome, rough-hewn man in his 40s, returns to work after a long illness. Beth, his secretary, a pretty woman in her 30's' secretly admires her boss, but her sentiments are not returned.
She is angered by an in-house rumour that Paul plans to retire early. All this wild speculation is quashed when Sir Anthony, gives Paul a warm welcome-back reception and promotes him to Chief-Inspector. Later Sir Anthony assigns Paul a new recruit. Greg Spencer. He will work with Paul three days a week as a trainee. Paul, a Grammar- School boy who had come up through the ranks, protests. Greg, an Oxford graduate and son of an Ambassador was a rare bird for a recruit. But Sir Anthony insists on a six months probationary trial.
“Your next case, Paul, is to find and arrest Ivan Kerensky and his chauffeur, Linette. -- Kerensky, a wealthy Russian criminal, is a ruthless escape artist, and an expert in the sale of stolen nuclear materials. -- A charming fellow” he added, “they call him the raging bull.”
“He's a real choirboy,” said Paul.
The search begins: they scour the English and French countryside. After three murders, rough encounters, and bloody escapes, they find Kerensky and his driver, Linette, hiding out in a pious retreat at a Trappist Monastery in France planning their ultimate escape to freedom through Spain… Portugal… and by ship to fabled Tangiers.