Loving the actual, physical book just as much as the words and meaning of The Riddle of the Sands. “Beautifully produced with gilt edges, a ribbon marker, bespoke illustrated cover and real cloth binding,” promise publishers Pan Macmillan. They don’t let us down.
It’s the early 20th century. Sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London trapped in the Foreign Office (naturally, am half in love with the man already). So he’s more than happy to accept the invitation of an old college friend, Davies, to join him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic. There they discover a dastardly German plot to invade England . . . Will the friends be able to protect their country from invasion? And see off the enemy?
Helen Fowler Writer 