Hoodwink - Softcover

Torr, Dominic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848765703 ISBN 13: 9781848765702

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

the Russian President discovers that he has inherited an old Soviet operation to destabilise the British Establishment by exploding a vast Masonic scandal when Russia's 'illegal resident', urbane Kate Holland (Katya Bezsmertnik), 'defects' in New York. The President's 'nyet' is thwarted by outmoded technology and Katya's love affair with Edmund Rossington Bart., her chief source on Masonic misdoings. Murder, treason, Mafia and CIA involvement lead to swift action and an unpreductable end. It is the women - Katya and Cynthia Pyle, MI5's top spinster - who upset a cosy male environment. And it's the psychology of the varied cast that determines the twists of the story. We meet 'straight' French Canadian lawyer Guy Monceau, appalled when his 'hoodwink' is removed; his 'big Mason' partner Jeremy Street, obsessed with burying a multitude of sins; nervy John Almond, reluctant spy inside Freemasons' Hall; Giulio Scatta, a Mason/Mafia 'interface', and his 'heavy' Rodge Jockman; and spy-masters Leonov and Medvedyev, the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of Russian espionage. Hoodwink, like Torr's other espionage novels, has a rare authenticity - thanks to his years in the front lines of the 'cold war'. set in the shadow world of England's over 300,000 Freemasons - our last taboo subject. Carefully researched, Hoodwink is not only a gripping post Soviet spy yarn - it reveals how Freemasonry is abused and the hold it has on the most sensitive areas of our society.

About this title

About the Author

Dominic served in the British Diplomatic Service during the Cold War. He has drawn on his experiences in several countries when writing his spy stories. Hoodwink benefits from his work in Germany in the last days of the German Democratic Republic. Now retired, he lives with his wife in France, continuing to work in international affairs. With grandchildren arriving he is particularly concerned to help counter political reluctance to act on climate change.

Review

Gripping spy story of how some unscrupulous individuals can exploit the secrecy Freemasonry affords. My 8 hour plane journey seemed no time at all - would make a great movie.
 
--Hugh McFarland author of Freemasonry Inside Out (see him on Wikipedia)

About this edition

• Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1848765703
• ISBN 13: 9781848765702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212