![]() ![]() All the while, readers can’t help but feel that there is the tangible threat of danger lurking about the fringes of Farleigh Field, just waiting to pounce. To thicken the plot, Cresswell is not only a friend of the Sutton family, but he is in love with Pamela despite the fact that Jeremy is his best friend.īowen has a lot going on here, and with each chapter she adds another layer to the story. When his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative Ben Cresswell is sent to determine if the dead man was a German spy. Meanwhile, the man she loves, ace RAF pilot Jeremy Prescott, is interred in Germany’s Stalag Luft, a camp for captured airmen.Īs if all this chaos isn’t enough to put a strain on the family, young Alfie, a Cockney boy staying at the estate, and Sutton’s youngest daughter, Lady Phoebe, find a mangled body that seems to have fallen from the sky. Roderick’s middle daughter, Lady Pamela, secretly works at Bletchley Park, deciphering coded transmissions late at night. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now that the country is in turmoil, however, with Hitler’s forces knocking at their front door, everything has changed.įarleigh Place now houses the Royal West Kent Regiment, while the Suttons are relegated to one wing of the estate. Before the war, they spent lazy afternoons having picnics, sipping tea, and playing cricket with friends. The Sutton family, led by the Earl of Westerham Roderick Sutton, has lived at Farleigh Place in Kent for ages. ![]()
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