Dornford Yates began his writing career in the early part of the last century with a series of light social comedies, before switching to thrillers/adventure yarns, of which he must have written nearly 20. Most feature either Jonah Mansel or Richard Chandos, and have exotic locations - the South of France or middle Europe - and a cast of equally exotic villains. If you have not read them before, then notwithstanding its place in the middle of the sequence - this book is not a bad place to start. A ripping Yarn.