Monday, January 19, 2026

The Key Man by Valentine Williams, 1926

 


Secret Service series #3

 Adventurer Rex Garrett served for several years in the French Foreign Legion, enchanted by the mystique of Morocco. Now he is home in Paris and ready to settle down with his fiancĂ©e Sally. However, on his wedding night he receives a call for help from his old Legionnaires, and he is whisked off without a chance to say goodbye. Sally believes he has abandoned her. Rex finds himself in the Basque Country where a smuggling operation is centered around mysterious Pigeon House, overseen by the beautiful and dangerous Dona Inocencia Santin, who has her eyes on him as well.