A classic thriller featuring the most daring escape of the Second World War from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed. American Colonel Hugh Kelso is washed ashore on German-held Jersey in Spring 1944 with top-secret D-Day plans in his possession. To get him back the most daring escape of the Second World War must be planned & executed. Harry Martineau bilingual philosophy professor turned assassin & Sarah Drayton a beautiful half-French Jersey native are selected to carry out the mission & set off to steal the most precious Allied asset from under the noses of the Nazis...