A Rainy, Gloomy Saturday. Perfect For My Continuing Look At the Spy Novel

I guess I should have mowed the lawn yesterday because today it's pretty steady rain. Not much happening around here today. I read a bit this morning, watched Ghostbusters for awhile with Jo. Then I went out to the grocery store and drug store to pick up a couple of things. Now explain this to me, please. In the grocery store.. in fact in most store now that I've been in, at each end of an aisle there is an arrow pointing which direction to walk in. Simple process to avoid face to face contact when someone comes in the opposite direction. Well at the grocery store, there was this one guy who it seemed that every time I turned down an aisle (in the proscribed direction) ⇑ this other guy would be coming up the wrong way. Does he do that on One Way streets too? He just seemed oblivious to it. I shake my head. Of course I backed up and went down the next aisle and mentioned it to the clerk. But they shouldn't have to get involved either. Okay, well enough of that. My Saturday gripe. Now on to the Spy novel

The Spy / Thriller Novel - Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

Alexander (Alec) Joseph Patrick Wilson was born in Dover in 1893 and died in Ealing, London in 1963. I first heard of him when Jo and I watched a TV mini-series on PBS starring one Ruth Wilson. The series was entitled Mrs. Wilson and was based on a book by Tim Crook.

Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson played her grandmother Alison Wilson. The movie is about the disappearance of her father, Alex, and Alison's discovery of his philandering and other wives. It was a fascinating series. It made me look Wilson up and I discovered that he had been a spy and MI6 officer and also an author. I became interested in his spy series featuring spymaster Sir Leonard Wallace and his spies. He wrote nine novels in the series. I've managed to find two so far. Unfortunately not the first one yet but once things settle down a bit I'll check some more. I'm hesitant to order any more books from the UK until some others start arriving.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to starting the series and may read the 2nd without having read the 1st. The books I have are below -

a. The Devil's Cocktail (Wallace #2 / 1928).

"An intrigue against Britain by Bolshevik agents is strongly suspected at MI6. Sir Leonard Wallace sends Captain Hugh Shannon, disguised as a professor of English Literature, to India to get to the bottom of it."

b. Get Wallace! (Wallace #4 / 1934)

"Sir Leonard Wallace, the famous chief of the Secret Service, finds that the peace of Europe is threatened by a gang engaged in the theft and sale of national secrets. Wallace gets busy, and is assisted by the gang leader's own fear of him and his anxiety to get the Englishman into his power. Wallace's investigations, his startling discoveries and his escapes from death make this one of the most exciting books ever written by Alexander Wilson."

The complete listing of Wilson's books is available at this link.

Well, that's all for today. Enjoy your weekend. I hope it's drier where you are.