Riptide (Inspector Troy, Bk. 4)

1941. Britain, alone since Dunkirk; Russia, on the brink of war; America, struggling to stay neutral. And in London Wolfgang Stahl, an American spy, late of the SS, is on the run. Captain Calvin M. Cormack, a shy American 'aristocrat', is teamed with Chief Inspector Stilton to find him before the Germans do. Cal finds himself overwhelmed by the English and by the demands of Stilton's precocious daughter, Kitty. When things go pear-shaped Cal is ditched by M16 and disowned by his embassy. His last hope is Kitty's last boyfriend, Sgt. Troy of Scotland Yard . . .