Vera Lawson accepts an offer of employment with the aristocratic Wellmont family in London as a tutor. But she has an ulterior motive. Could her mother the scatterbrained Caroline Montieff have fled to Paris in search of her lost freedom? Gunther Polt, a Waffen SS Tank Commander, aristocratic, arrogant and wealthy with vast estates in Germany finds himself in an impossible position. Vera knows the family are hiding the connection between her mother Caroline and Polt, but needs to prove it. It is not until 1944 and she enlists with the British Nursing Corp does she discover her mother's...

Jacques Barbosa, now retired from the French Military, takes on more than he bargained for, returning to Ethiopia in search for two rogue militia who have shot his ex-wife, concert pianist Elizabeth Mallory. Recruited by British MI6 boss Sir Braxton Jerret, Barbosa and his partner Hendrik' Dutch' Palese reunite to unearth the secrets within a Malian Ore Mine, only to realise they may have been set up by their own country. Discovering the ore train destined for Senegal has been diverted, the team are assisted by Foreign Legion troops hastily summoned by the French Surete, to squash a rebel...

Vera Lawson is embroiled once again in the Polt family saga. The two paintings discovered in the crypt in the garden of the Saint-Pois house, have come under scrutiny from The Louvre Museum's top investigator, Dr. Lucille Thompson-McLeay. Are they real or forgeries? Dr Thompson-McLeay's unusual interrogation techniques, are causing problems with her employer - Interpol. Put under the protective services of dashing Naval Commando Master Sergeant Joseph Perrigaux, Lucille is keeping silent about her past life, but not before Vera Lawson discovers the real relationship regarding the family. Are...

British Scientist. Robert Jameson is wanted by NATO. His crime, trading illegal weapons and toxic serums to Chinese insurgents. An Archaeological team have unearthed the remains of a Viennese silversmith near Lake IssyKul. An ancient Cossack tribesman knows too much, but will he assist Jacques Barbosa or try to eliminate the evidence. Barbosa's team has infiltrated into Kazakhstan and ordered to proceed by their own vehicles to a point in Kyrgyzstan. Will he have enough time to retract Jameson and return to the deployment point by the 30th of the month. As events unfold, Barbosa realises he...