The Stone Roses (novel)

The Stone Roses is a 1959 spy thriller novel by the British writer Sarah Gainham.[1] It is set in Prague shortly after the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.[2]

The Stone Roses
First edition (UK)
AuthorSarah Gainham
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy Thriller
PublisherEyre and Spottiswoode
Publication date
1959
Media typePrint

Synopsis edit

In 1948 an agent goes missing in Czechoslovakia, British spy Toby Elyat is sent in under cover as a newspaper reporter to try and locate him. Before long he is entangled with the operatives of the Soviet intelligence agency MGB.

References edit

  1. ^ Reilly p.624
  2. ^ Burton p.171

Bibliography edit

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.