This is the first book in the George Melville Mystery series and as such
sees our eponymous hero investigation officer George Melville, who works
for a law firm, get tangled up in the murky world of pre Second World
War espionage. He meets an eccentric Scottish laird who in fact is his
British Secret Service contact, as he is unsuspectingly thrust into the
dangerous life as an ill-prepared secret agent in Hong Kong, Macau,
Cairo and eventually Ireland, where he meets again his old friend,
Inspector Dodds; along with a policewoman named Yvonne, and together
they are faced with the impossible task of saving the international
reputation of Great Britain and foiling a desperate Nazi plot to raise
money for espionage in England. It puts together a team who will forge a
close-knit bond which will see them through six episodes of mysteries as
they experience A George Melville Mystery.