Description

The murky world of the secret service and international terrorism comes to a Cornish seaside village, against a background of the Miner’s Strike, and struck by IRA atrocities in 1984.

A reluctant heir, Rob Nicolson former Royal Marine Commando, arrives in Cornwall to claim the legacy of ‘Kantara’ his late aunt’s bungalow. A letter and diaries from his dead aunt takes him back to World War II espionage. He begins to investigate and sets in motion a chain of violent events that involve Naval Intelligence, MI5 and the IRA. On the shores of a Californian lake the story reaches its bleak and stunning conclusion.

Mark Simmons Room 39 and The Cornish Legacy. Publisher Lulu 2013 softback 210 pages new, new edition by Amazon 2023 216 pages. On special offer until 30 November 2025

Amazon Review. Jim Cross 1 December 2015: ‘Just read Room 39 and found it a real page turner.’