Faced with unreasonable demands from his publisher, writer Tom Cullimore escapes to Devonshire for a holiday. Intent on nothing more taxing than avoiding work, he soon finds himself enmeshed in a web of murderous intrigue involving spies, counter-spies and various ne'er-do-wells. Will Tom be able to thwart the evil plotters' plots and solve the mystery in the nick of time? Will he still find time for dinner? Britain's future may hang on his success, but let's hope not... Set in the 1930's, this whimsical mystery-adventure rattles along at a cracking pace. Variously described as "funny, fast-moving and easy to read" and "Wodehouse meets Agatha Christie," this book is firmly aimed at those who prefer their reading entertainment to be on the light side - all deep inner meanings having been scrupulously removed at the editing stage. As Tom himself might well say: "life's far too serious to take it all too seriously."