The Secret Vanguard

By Michael Innes

Subjects: Police, Sir Appleby, John (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, England, fiction, Appleby, john, sir (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books, London (england), fiction, Fiction

Description: > On an ordinary train journey to Scotland, Sheila Grant becomes embroiled in a plot that is anything but: a chemist has gone missing, an artist has been kidnapped, and a poet has been murdered. >As Sheila begins to understand the significance of the situation, she realizes her life is in grave danger and must flee across the Scottish Highlands in search of aid. >In London, Appleby is trying to piece together a kidnapping, a death, and a disappearance as the world wavers on the brink of another war. He has no idea he is Sheila’s best hope of survival. >When the clock is ticking and no one is quite who they claim to be… will Appleby find Sheila before it’s too late?