
A Ptarmigan's Fate
The fourth novel in the Chasing Shadows series
published December 2023
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In the chaos that followed the Japanese invasion of Burma, Cameron lost all contact with friends and colleagues in the Rangoon Police. Above all, the disappearance of the woman he loved the most still haunts him decades later. With his Nemesis determined to end Cameron's meddling once and for all, his quest for her whereabouts may never finally be resolved.
Just how did three bodies find themselves at the bottom of a Scottish loch in a car owned by the British Secret Intelligence Service? Hamilton and Natalia finally discover what Cameron and Sutherland were working on all those years ago when the deadly consequences of keeping the back channels open confront them head-on. Yet how far up the chain does this treachery go and who can be trusted now?
There had been mujahadeen in the Oval Office. The United States had poured in hundreds of millions of US dollars to support an Islamic insurgency.
A stone obelisk just visible across the road, crowned with seven heads and a hand clutching a dagger, served as a reminder of some fearsome events.
"What did you do for this?"
"Defended a hill in Burma."
"And this?"
"I just threw some grenades at the Chinese."