Pamela was devastated, but follows her father’s aristocratic creed: It’s now been almost a year that he’s been stuck in a stalag luft. However, on one such mission he’s shot down and captured by the Germans. Unfortunately, Jeremy’s rash joyride ends in a crash that permanently damages not just Ben’s leg, but also his hopes for entering the RAF and doing his duty by his country.įast forward two years, and Jeremy’s thriving in the RAF and has garnered honors for his daredevil forays into enemy territory. Jeremy’s dramatic landing of his plane next to the cricket pitch results in his offering Ben his first ride in an airplane. He has been in love with her since they were children, but her preference is for their third playmate, Jeremy Prescott, the only son of London financier, Sir William Prescott. As Ben Cresswell, the vicar’s son, waits for his turn to bat, Lady Pamela Sutton, the third daughter of the Earl of Westerham, approaches him, pleasing Ben no end. The book opens shortly before Britain’s declaration of war on Germany with a cricket match in progress on the village green of Elmsleigh in Kent. She’s really a master of the quiet mystery. Bowen delivers on the promise of the premise with an exciting story. Simply knowing this sold me on the book, and Ms. Inspired by the events and people of World War I, writer Rhys Bowen crafts a sweeping and riveting saga of class, family, love, and betrayal.In Farleigh Field is a standalone murder mystery with a patina of romance set in Kent involving MI5 operatives and Bletchley Park decoders during World War II. Can he, with Pamela's help, stop them before England falls? But Pamela has her own secret: she has taken a job at Bletchley Park, the British code-breaking facility.Īs Ben follows a trail of spies and traitors, which may include another member of Pamela's family, he discovers that some within the realm have an appalling, history-altering agenda. The assignment also offers Ben the chance to be near Lord Westerham's middle daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves.
After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy.
World War I comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel, and the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery. Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylish-like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater.
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