The Last Commuter

A woman disappears in twelve seconds. Everyone says she boarded the train. One man knows better.

John Percival has left a distinguished career behind to become assistant manager of the prestigious New Hastings Country Club, expecting nothing more dangerous than difficult members, deferred maintenance, and committee politics.

During his evening walk he witnesses what appears to be an ordinary argument on a commuter platform.

Then the woman vanishes.

Security footage insists she boarded a train.

No one reports her missing.

The police conclude nothing happened.

Everyone moves on.

Except John.

As he quietly follows the inconsistencies, he uncovers a decades-old Aurigan espionage network that survived the recent peace treaty. Hidden intelligence archives, double agents, murder, and betrayal threaten to destabilize the fragile peace between two interstellar powers.

John possesses no badge, no weapon, and no authority.

Only an extraordinary ability to notice what everyone else overlooks.
Sometimes that's enough.

Perfect for readers who enjoy the classic suspense of Eric Ambler, John le Carré, Hammond Innes, Alistair MacLean, and the Golden Age spy thrillers of the 1940s and 1950s-reimagined in a richly realized twenty-third century.