William Warner, wine merchant and bon viveur, is the
sort of man who doesn t get shot at--in the normal
course of events, that is. With a weU-established business
in London, a country house in France, a tres chic French
wife and a delightful mistress, William has every reason
to expect life to be comfortable, if a little dull at times.
So when a sniper takes a potshot at him on a lonely
Dartmoor track, William decides to throw caution and
common sense to the wind and find out why.
In addition to his considerable charm and humor, our
hero is in possession of two slender clues to the mys-
tery-his would-be assassin had muttered something
about "the man from the Ministry" and in his getaway had
abandoned a flashlight with a Ministry of Defense serial
number stamped on it. After enlisting the help of a some-
what reluctant old school friend with connections in high
places, Warner embarks on an investigation that will take
him from the hallowed portals of the Athenaeum to the
murky waters of the British Channel, from the cozy seclu-
sion of his London flat to the Porton Down defense
establishment, and from civilized middle age to a life of
high adventure, desperate gambles, and beautiful women.
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