© Richard Handy
The Reich Device
Professor Gustav Mayer makes a monumental discovery, but a new menace rises in 1930s Germany...
Mayer is hunted by ruthless killers from the newly formed SS, with only a mysterious secret agent to protect him. A trail of espionage leads from Berlin to New York , Cairo, and then to London.
But what are German spies doing in South Africa? What does this have to do with big American corporations and weapons technology?
A showdown in the swamp-forests of Zululand gives Germany the upper hand. But the game is not over until the last man is standing – assassins on both sides have men to kill.
Fiction
I’ve always been a history buff, and my fiction is set in the first half of the twentieth century, including the Great War and WWII. While the backdrop is often the war years, it is the human stories in those times of adversity that drive my novels.
My spy thriller series involves the escapades of British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) agent, Major Danny Nash. In The Reich Device, the espionage around new technology (secret weapons) is explored. The second Danny Nash thriller, The Wolfsberg Deception, is set in the Middle East with another villain and more skulduggery! Each book can be read as a standalone novel, so you can enjoy them in any order.
Gertrude’s War is also historical fiction, a love story, and gritty suspense set at the start of WWI on a country estate in England. It’s based on true events and explores friendship, love, and revenge at a time of great adversity.
What readers are saying about The Reich Device:
A rollicking spy thriller.
Driven by terrifically paced and visceral action.
A compelling and stylish read.
Handy is a formidably capable action writer.
The Wolfsberg Deception
It’s 1941. Major Danny Nash of British Intelligence has just sabotaged a supply train to Wolfsberg, a top secret Nazi weapons facility. Germany has a new agenda.
There’s a clandestine meeting between Nazi industrialists and the Soviets in Iran. Deadly secrets are about to change hands.
A Russian spy of the old guard offers Nash a way in, but there’s a catch – he must send Emily Sinclair, the daughter of the head of British Intelligence.
Nash follows her to the deserts of Iran. A brutal SS officer hires a Persian assassin. Emily is in danger from the present and her past. It all looks like a double cross.
If Nash wants her back, he’ll have to take her … but the cost would be the annihilation of Britain.
Gertrude’s War
It’s 1913. Gertrude is a scullery maid trapped by debt. Tormented by the ruthless Master Davy Christian, she dreams of escaping with her love, John, the gardener. But when John is sent off to war, Gertrude faces the wickedness of Davy alone.
Dark secrets simmer beneath the surface at the country estate. Davy’s cruelty escalates, while John fights for survival in the trenches.
Gertrude must summon all her courage to protect herself and John from Davy’s vengeance. Separated by war, will their love for each other be enough to save them?
Inspired by true events, Gertrude’s War is a gripping WWI romance filled with suspense, passion, and revenge.
