The Herr Graf was a familiar sight to the residents of the Rhineland village of Grauhugel. After all he'd been walking the halls of the local castle at night and occasionally nodding to the servants ever since he drowned some 86 years...

First published in England in 1940 and in the U.S. in 1941, this novel introduced series character Tommy Hambledon but the center stage is occupied by a young British spy whose adventrues were based on the life of one of the two colla...