Madrid, 1940. A city ravaged by the Spanish Civil War, full of starving people who fear what the future of Franco’s regime will hold for them. When Harry Brett, a British soldier turned reluctant spy is sent to the city to investigate his old school friend Sandy Forsyth, he soon finds himself surrounded by danger. While Harry is embroiled in old memories, Sandy’s girlfriend embarks on her own quest to find her former Communist lover who has vanished without a trace during the war. A taut historical thriller, Winter in Madrid is a must-read.