A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mysteries Thrillers Pick A Library Journal Editor?s Pick It is 1913, and the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city, he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty?s Navy. But British espionage is in its infancy, and Jack has only a shoestring budget and very tenuous protection from far-away London.,
