The Secret Trilogy Omnibus

Beginning in the years preceding the First World War and ending in the Cold War, we follow the changing fortunes of the Railtons, the family that dominates British Intelligence across the 20th century.

With espionage, spycraft and plenty of twists across the ages, this thrilling and superbly crafted series is spy thriller writing at its best.

Praise for John Gardner

'A master storyteller at the height of his powers' - Len Deighton

`The first book ever to combine a family saga with a spy story ... Keeps you turning the pages up to the last twist of treachery' - Daily Express

‘An exciting spy story’ – Yorkshire Post

‘The suspense is well-portrayed both in the accounts of World War II and in the subsequent cold-war exploits’ – Booklist

Before coming an author of fiction in the early 1960’s John Gardner was variously a stage magician, a Royal Marine officer and a journalist. In all Gardner has fifty-four novels to his credit, including Maestro, which was the New York Times book of the year. Having lived in the Republic of Ireland, the United States and the UK, John Gardner sadly died in August of 2007 having just completed his third novel in the Moriarty trilogy, Conan Doyle’s eponymous villain of the Sherlock Holmes series.