So confident are they of success, in fact, that they make a pact: whichever of them wins Diana Charnwood's love will share his fortune with the other. Instead you can continue across the dam wall and follow the track all the way to the road, leading left down into the village, or turn left before the dam wall and follow a pleasant path along the crest of Broad Hill Bank, before doubling back right down the road into the village. Well written and well plotted, most of the characters in this book have little conscience or redeeming qualities. Two old school friends have made their living since WW1 as conmen and coming back from the US aboard a liner make a play for a wealthy girl.

And, true to form, after its release, it deceived mankind into believing the other Spites could be overcome.By chance, they bump into Vita Charnwood, Diana’s aunt, on the ship, Empress of Britain, that is travelling back to England.

Whilst escaping a scandal in America, they meet heiress Diana and her mother on the cruise ship carrying them home to England. So many emotions were caught up in the story, and the politics of the war looked at from a different angle. Both think their new plan will work and although it is Max who is dating Diana they agree to split the profits of their scheme. Update added following acceptance of undertakings in lieu of reference and final undertakings published. One just knew that the good "bad" guy couldn't possible win, but how that was to be achieved was well hidden until the end.I likened reading his later works to eating a fast food meal - filing, delicious at times but ultimately forgettable. There are multiple unexpected developments: murder and suspected betrayal, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, disloyalty, espionage on a global level, trickery, pretense. This route is still perfectly accessible but has become much harder going with the virtual disappearance of the faint path up the side of Walshaw Dean, so much so that I removed it from the second edition.

With a permanent inventory of 250,000 hand-picked volumes and with publication dates ranging from the 1500s to the present, MW Books has much to offer the conscientious bibliophile as well as the avid reader. A spellbinding tale of love, murder, and betrayal, this is the story of two English scam artists, Guy Horton and Max Wingate, and their plan to con the beautiful daughter of a wealthy munitions dealer. Read our Contacting or Working with Ofsted: privacy notice to see what we do with your personal information. Closed Circle was one of his earlier novels (his 6th) I had read previously but forgotten and did not possess a copy. The book’s action lives up to its synopsis: boys meet girl (Diana Charnwood, eligible heiress), one boy loses heart to girl, other boy has to fight for life and limb in one escapade after another.It has occurred to me that, after nearly 10 years of my books being out in the world, that I need somewhere to highlight corrections and amendments to some of my older material. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.