Harry Douglas International Mysteries
September 1948. Under the guise of exclusive Savile Row and posh gentlemen’s clubs, London’s upscale clothier Otis Battersby has managed to conceal his insidious business dealings–until one crisp Saturday morning. In a mad dash for a wicked drop shot, Otis collapses and dies, his body draped atop the net that separates court number seven at the Chelsea Athletic Club. When his widow Eve, unprepared for her husband’s sudden death and suspicious of its details, sets out to discover the truth of Otis’s departure, she reaches the stunning–and devastating–conclusion that her beloved husband was not the man she thought she knew.
“…Turner’s sleek post-war mystery is fast-moving and highly polished, but it does not skimp on historical details…The suspense runs high in this novel, which has a strong cast, an unrelenting energy, and a consistent devotion to the truth…A highly stylized, quick-witted mystery with attractive characters and an effective post-war plot.” —Kirkus Reviews, January 2023
June 1938. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Agent Tennyson Neale discovers the Führer’s plot to eliminate Czechoslovakia from the European map. Hours later, he’s found hanging from a lamppost on Budapest’s Chain Bridge. Dispatched to find his murderer, Harry Douglas and Mick MacLeod cross paths with Hungary’s power brokers and unearth a deadly alliance. Amidst international intrigues and dark conspiracies, a beautiful interpreter entangles Harry in her cause.