Category: historical novel

An Accidental Spy

The story opens in 1934 on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Following an incident at a fiesta Verity, a young English lawyer, is listed as a British spy by General Franco, the military governor of the island. She escapes just in time to avoid arrest.

Back in England, she returns to work in her father’s law firm but friendships made in Spain begin to shape the course of her life.

As the tumultuous events in Barcelona build up to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War she is increasingly caught up in these events. As the Civil War gathers pace and the chaos builds, it becomes apparent that only she may be able to carry out a daring rescue mission. She finds that she has to make a choice between staying at home in a safe job or casting aside all conventions and being drawn into the shadowy world of espionage.

Can she both succeed and survive as a woman in a man’s world?

The intricate threads of the story draw together a group of diverse characters in London and Spain whose lives come together in an explosive conclusion as Verity becomes the target for sabotage and final betrayal in a battle whose outcome is far from predictable.

About the Author

Jolyn Jones was born and educated in the suburbs of London and did her initial training as a lawyer in London. On qualification as a solicitor, she continued her career as a commercial lawyer initially in a finance house and later in the automotive industry. She moved into private practice, firstly as a partner in a Birmingham law firm but later ran her own private commercial law practice.

One former Spanish boyfriend did propose to her at a bus stop in London but the rain soon quenched that relationship. She trained for a private pilot’s license for aeroplanes, held a balloon pilot’s license and owned her own hot air balloon. Jolyn Jones is married and lives in a small midland town in England.

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