Will France enter the Second World War? The central character in this 'who dun it?' is sent to the British Embassy in Madrid, to act as an interpreter, but mostly as a spy. His work life and his private life become entangled, as you would expect, in the murky world of secret POW camps holding International Brigades prisoners. A cracking good read, and a great insight into the world of Franco and Spaniards in the years immediately after the beginning of WW2.