A Double Deception (CH)

by Clive Egleton

'One of the deftest wielders of cloak-and-dagger in the business.' - LITERARY REVIEW. When Warsaw fell to the Nazis in 1939, the disappearance of Andrew Korwin, a young Polish officer, was one tragedy among many. Twenty-five years later, young American Stefanie Ayres arrives in London, demanding help as she searches for her Uncle Andrew. She soon has MI6 agent Campbell Parker convinced that Korwin might indeed be alive. However, his masters have not seen fit to tell him the whole story. Slowly, Parker uncovers the layers of the double deception that began in 1939. .

Genres: Fiction

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Clive (Frederick William) Egleton was a British author of spy novels.

He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment for whom he served in India, Hong Kong, Germany, Egypt, Cyprus, The Persian Gulf and East Africa. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

His novel Seven Days to a Killing was filmed as The Black Windmill, starring Michael Caine. Escape to Athena is a novelization of the 1979 movie of the same name.

Reviews

[Henri Moreaux · Rating 4 out of 5]

Double Deception is a well written spy thriller set in post England in the 1960s, the story revolves around circumstances which date back to the fall of Poland in 1939.

A very enjoyable book.

[Bionic Jean · Rating 1 out of 5]

Routine mystery story set in the Second World War. Did not hold my interest enough for me to finish it.