Strange Fiction: In Secret Service
Just read the strangest book: In Secret Service by Mitch Silver. Basic idea is that Ian Fleming leaves an unpublished manuscript outing the Duke of Windsor as a traitor. The charming main character is a young female professor from Yale who inherits the manuscript and proceeds to dodge bad guys for the rest of the book.
It’s a fun book with lots of fake documentation. Villains old and new wander about Ireland and Yale University.
Discussed the book’s premise at length with my brother Chauncey who is a history buff. The stuff a Wallis is not as far fetched as the rest of the story according to him. Chauncey doesn’t think the Duke was a traitor because the French let him live in France after the War. The French hold grudges and would not allow a traitor to live there.
If you are willing to suspend disbelief, In Secret Service is a fun book. Rapid pace and intriguing characters make for an interesting first novel.
Available in a variety of formats from Amazon.
I pay for my for “My Crazy Domain Insane” once a year on Halloween. Today, the gremlins took over the Dreamhost billing system and I was charged for the period from 10-31-08 to 10-31-09. I wasn’t alone. And there were a lot of unhappy customers.
I quit smoking a year ago and here is how I did it.
One of the things I want to keep track of here is the books I enjoy reading.
I do - all too frequently.
Chris and Harry (MD) have a simple message: 70% of aging is voluntary. So exercise, connect with others, and quit eating crap.