d4doome<p>Castle Minerva, a 1955 psychological spy novel by Victor Canning. A British ex-spy has to babysit a prince. Lots of moral murkiness. Bad guys doing things for comprehensible motives. Gritty realism in the Graham Greene-Eric Ambler style.Superb.</p><p>My review: <a href="https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2024/10/victor-cannings-castle-minerva.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vintagepopfictions.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2024/10/victor-cannings-castle-minerva.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vintagethriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagethriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vintagethrillers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagethrillers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spynovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spynovel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spynovels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spynovels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spyfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spythriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spythriller</span></a> #<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spythrillers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spythrillers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/VictorCanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictorCanning</span></a></p>