Okewood of the Secret Service: A Spy Story of Occupied Belgium
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Desmond Okewood of the Secret Service goes into occupied Belgium after a code, and the German counter-intelligence is waiting. Williams was a Reuters correspondent who was wounded on the Somme and went into military intelligence himself; he wrote these while it was still going on, and the tradecraft — false papers, safe houses, the man who talks — is from his own desk. Fifty-nine plates of moonlit streets, wet docks and quiet interiors by painters including John Atkinson Grimshaw and Isaac Israëls carry the same half-lit, watched world the story moves through.
Desmond Okewood of the Secret Service goes into occupied Belgium after a code, and the German counter-intelligence is waiting. Williams was a Reuters correspondent who was wounded on the Somme and went into military intelligence himself; he wrote these while it was still going on, and the tradecr...
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Valentine Williams (1883–1946) was a British journalist and author. He reported as a war correspondent during the First World War and later worked for Reuters and the Daily Mail. He is known for his series of spy thrillers featuring the intelligence officer Desmond Okewood, which began with Okewood of the Secret Service (1919).
Valentine Williams (1883–1946) was a British journalist and author. He reported as a war correspondent during the First World War and later worked for Reuters and the Daily Mail. He is known for his series of spy thrillers featuring the intelligence officer Desmond Okewood, which began with Okewo...
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