Alex Wexford- A Detective Story Vol 4, (Paperback)

<p><strong>THE ICE QUEEN'S GAMBIT (1947)</strong></p><p>London has survived the Blitz, but peace has not brought rest. In the derelict icehouses of the East End, Dr. Eleanor Graves and intelligence officer Alec Wexford uncover a chilling truth: <strong>Nazi scientists are being smuggled into Britain.</strong></p><p>The architect of the operation is <strong>Ilse Brandt</strong>, a former SS interrogator now aligned with the Soviets-calculating, brilliant, and intent on shaping the <em>next</em> war before the ashes of the last have settled.</p><p>America wants the scientists for rockets.<br>The Soviets want them for empire.<br>Britain wants relevance.</p><p>But Ilse Brandt wants <strong>control.</strong></p><p>To stop her, Wexford and Graves must decide whether morality can survive when survival itself becomes strategy.</p><p><strong>THE GHOST OF PRAGUE (1943)</strong></p><p>Before Ilse Brandt.<br>Before the Cold War began.<br>There was the ghost.</p><p>During the war, Wexford receives a message from <strong>Henry Mercer</strong>, a comrade he watched die in the trenches in 1917. But Mercer lives-reborn as an informant moving through the neutral shadows of Lisbon, holding knowledge that could alter Allied plans.</p><p>To confront Mercer, Wexford must confront himself - and the truth buried in mud, smoke, and guilt.</p><p>Some ghosts are not haunting us.<br>They are waiting to be acknowledged.</p>

• Alex Wexford- A Detective Story Vol 4, (Paperback)
• Author: Martin Swan
• ISBN: 9798233449666
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-11-06
• Page Count: 218