R C S Hutching
THE CHÂTEAU SARONY BOOKS (Continued)
When Anna Freemont strode along Grantfield High Street in a seething fury she had no idea that her life was about to change out of all recognition. Her expletive-laden comment to the man working on road repairs outside The Magpie public-house was the start of a relationship that catapulted her from a middle-class academic life into the series of adventures that now form the Château Sarony Series of novels.
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The Brightside Mission
ISBN: 9781386080978
It is November 2015 when Martin and Anna Price are asked to research the history of a medieval seal acquired by a United States senator on eBay. Although this takes them away from Sarony, they see it as a welcome respite from the huge workload they have struggled with following the momentous events of the summer. Their colleague, Nikki Prendergast, accompanies them when they journey to Devon to meet with the dealer who sold the seal.
All appears as expected – a quiet and undemanding exercise in historical research for a friend – until to Anna’s dismay they find a former colleague of Martin’s is staying at the same hotel. Suzie Brightside, a serving member of British Military Intelligence, is engaged on a mission relating to the theft of data from the heart of the intelligence service. As a result, Anna, Martin, and Nikki find themselves drawn into a dangerous and complex web of murder and intrigue.
The murder of a lonely eccentric woman at her farm near Northmere is followed by an unforeseen helicopter raid on the property. An old private girls' school in the nearby village of Camberdown becomes linked to the mystery which moves through Bristol, Bromley, and finally, the centre of London.
The data is still missing, however, so where is it and is there a third party involved who has remained hidden throughout?
The Dijon Discovery
ISBN- 13: 978-1717066787
Summer 2015 is unfolding in a pleasant and peaceful manner for Martin and Anna when a builder friend discovers the remains of a famous French footballer named Didier Lebrun, who disappeared in 1924, Martin and Anna agree to try and discover the circumstances of the man's death.
How does the slaughter of monks at a monastery during the Burgundian Wars fit into the picture and why is a prominent local Dijon family willing to go to any lengths to frustrate the investigation?
The lives of Anna and Martin become more complicated when their English friend, Kev Johnstone, arrives unexpectedly following the sudden death of his wife - although whether his presence in Sarony is of help or an unwelcome distraction remains to be seen.
The anticipated quiet summer in Sarony proves to be quite the opposite.
The Stieglitz Operation
ISBN: 9781717066787
An old friend of Professor Hubert Smithson-Hunt writes to him concerning the appearance of a Military Cross on a TV antiques programme when he recognises the connection with a failed clandestine British Intelligence operation of the Second World War. The letter sets Anna and Martin Price off on one of their most intriguing and hazardous investigations.
The course of those enquiries uncovers a trail of murder and blackmail reaching from the French village of Dirac in the dark days of the German occupation in World War II, through to the dubious activities of Simone’s grandfather and a former German Abwehr officer in East Berlin during the 1950’s.
What the journey to France by two of King Charles Stuart’s former Cavaliers has to do with the events of 2015 leads not only to Martin almost losing his life but to an astonishing discovery which profoundly affects the lives of all who are involved.
