The Lost Naval Papers

At high noon, Scotland Yard’s Mr. Dawson draws a parcel from his case and opens seal after seal without breaking one. Richard Cary watches eleven empty envelopes pile up—and the last still holds its secret.

In May 1916, in a northern city under wartime restrictions, naval correspondent Richard Cary is turning two years of hard-won knowledge into a book about the Navy. Admiral Jellicoe has told him to remember what he sees—but make no notes. Now Dawson, an icy, methodical Scotland Yard officer, says dangerous people know about Cary’s papers and demands to inspect them. His evidence is a nesting parcel of sealed envelopes; his manner makes clear that even a loyal citizen may not be safe from suspicion. Cary’s patriotic work has become a risk to his country and himself. What has Dawson uncovered, and who else knows what Cary has written?

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