{"id":4878,"date":"2026-01-15T10:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=4878"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:17:25","slug":"the-spies-of-hartlake-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=4878","title":{"rendered":"The Spies of Hartlake Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year is 1917, and we begin in a seemingly mundane office of the Admiralty, where a seemingly mundane secretary finds a dead body in a locked room. She is, of course, an agent, as is her supervisor. In the dead man\u2019s possession is a secret coded telegram that belongs in the admiral\u2019s safe. Thus begins an incredibly tangled story of spies and deception with all the players invited to a country-house shooting party. Gallagher, boss of Mrs. Vane, our secretary, has engineered the weekend event at his stepfather\u2019s house with the intent of smoking out the traitors and planting the right kind of misinformation in the correct ears. A greedy underhanded American, a misguided but loyal Armenian, terrible food, and cold drafty rooms liven things up.\u00a0 Graham pays some homage to Agatha Christie in that members of the group keep dropping off, but there are plenty left to finish up the story. Those with poor name memory will do well to take notes, as this is as convoluted as it is entertaining.<\/strong>\u2014Danise Hoover<\/p>\n

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