Hoping to forget the nightmare of the blitz and his feelings of guilt over having ended permanently the sufferings of his sick wife, Arthur Rowe is looking forward to a trip to the charity fete, until a chance correct guess about the true and false weight of a cake makes him the target of shadowy, dark forces. Reprint. Introduction
vii
Alan Furst
Suggestions for Further Reading
xiii
Michael Gorra
THE MINISTRY OF FEAR
The Unhappy Man
The Free Mothers
3(18)
Private Inquiries
21(8)
Frontal Assault
29(12)
An Evening with Mrs Bellairs
41(11)
Between Sleeping and Walking
52(5)
Out of Touch
57(17)
A Load of Books
74(21)
The Happy Man
Conversations in Arcady
95(25)
The Sick Bay
120(15)
Bits and Pieces
The Roman Death
135(20)
Mopping Up
155(14)
Wrong Numbers
169(8)
The Whole Man
Journey's End
177
