The Labyrinth Makers (David Audley Mysteries) - Softcover

David Audley is an unlikely spy. He works for England's Ministry of Defense, but strictly as a researcher. This new assignment, then, comes as something of a surprise: A WWII-era British cargo plane has been discovered at the bottom of a drained lake, containing only the dead pilot. Why are the Soviets so interested in the empty plane and its pilot as to attend the much-belated funeral? And why has Audley been tapped to lead the investigation? As Audley chips away at the first question, he can't stop asking the second. Could he have been given the assignment in order to fail? If that's the case, someone's made an error.