Man with Three Fingers (by Malcolm Saville)

It’s been a nostalgic and enjoyable experience re-reading my collection of ‘Lone Pine’ books by Malcolm Saville, a series which I first read as a teenager. I’m particularly liking this read-through, partly because I’m taking it slowly - no more than one a month - rather than immersing myself in the books one after another as I used to. But another benefit is that I have managed to replace my Armada paperbacks, which were falling to pieces, with ‘Girls Gone By’ editions. 

I had not realised until...