Czechmate: A Harry Jones Novel

by Malcolm Havard

It's 1952. Racing driver, ex-womaniser, ex-communist sleeper agent Harry Jones is trying to get on with his new life in Italy with his friend Stafford and Stafford's sister, Harriet, a woman Harry is deeply in love with.
But the intelligence services of East and West won't leave the trio be. Blackmail and threats plunge them deep into danger. Harry is forced to turn to his old allies as he sets out on a perilous rescue mission behind the iron curtain that sees him travel from East Berlin to the Czech capital, Prague.
Can he, Stafford and Harriet make it safely back to the West?
And even if Harry can, will he ever be able to escape the clutches of his old controllers?

381 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2024

About the author

Malcolm started writing fiction around 10 years ago, self-publishing three novels through Amazon including a mountaineering thriller, The Last Mountain, which has had more than 10,000 downloads. He also has two books published by a small publisher, including a collection of WW1 stories which topped the Amazon anthology best-sellers list at Christmas 2014.
His short stories have done well in a number of competitions, including runner-up placings for those run by Henshaw Press and the Mere Literary Festival.
Having written in several genres early in his career, Malcolm has now settled into writing historical fiction.
This includes LMF, a WW2 novel set during the RAFs controversial night bombing campaign, Leviathan, a novella about a young, frightened pilot hunting Zeppelins in the night during WW1, The Neutral Zone, a collection of short stories, and Eleven Days, a novel set around the events of 'Bloody April'. 1917.
LATEST NEWS!
The long-awaited sequel to LMF, The Way Back, is published 15 March 2021.