Modern Collins (6) : The Bishop's Pawn

The Bishop's Pawn by Ritchie Perry is a spy story despite it's inclusion in the Collins Crime Club series (though espionage can often involve a lot of criminal activities of course!) 

So, a spy drama and a good tough one too about a defecting cleric from the other side of the Iron Curtain being mixed up with wartime secrets of SS atrocities and missing gold.

The British agent Phillis is a good character, sardonic and hard living - and receiving a fair amount of the rough stuff from the enemy. This flawed character gives the story a good edge and makes it very readable, an excellent story.