This fascinating and remarkable book, 'Spies and Scoundrels', consists of two highly imaginative novellas. The first, 'Time to Say Goodbye', explores how England might look in 2026. Post pandemic with many unresolved problems remaining, Government finances are dire and the country is directionless and unstable. People have gone into voluntary lockdown to avoid the violence on the streets. The scene is set for a change of Government, with a radical plan. A scapegoat group in society is identified and vilified. History does indeed repeat itself. 'Death's Final Wicket' is a spy thriller set in...