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The Third Ben Schroeder Novel
1965. The British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high- ranking intelligence officers.
When Francis Hollander, an American academic, accuses Sir James Digby QC, a baronet and leader of the Bar, of being a Soviet spy, Digby retains Ben Schroeder and his head of Chambers to represent him.
At first, it seems to be a simple case of libel, but as evidence starts to emerge of Digby’s association with the Cambridge spies, and as MI6 becomes involved, Ben can no longer be sure that he can save Digby from prosecution and ruin.
To obtain vital evidence, Ben will have to put his career at risk. But will it be enough?
‘Gripping’ Jo Hesslewood, Promoting Crime Fiction
‘Intelligent’ Marcel Berlins, Times
Category: Espionage and spy thriller
RRP: £16.99
ISBN: 9781843444015
Published: April 22, 2015
Extent: 352 pages
RRP: £4.99
ISBN: 9781843444022
Published: April 22, 2015
Born in 1946, Peter Murphy graduated from Cambridge University and pursued a career in the law in England, the United States and The Hague. He practised as a barrister in London for a decade, then took up a professorship at a law school in Texas, a position he held for more than twenty years. Towards the end of that period he returned to Europe as counsel at the Yugoslavian War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague for almost a decade. In 2007 he returned to England to take up an appointment as a judge of the Crown Court. He retired as …
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