Treason if You Lose

by Peter Rimmer

André Cloete — South African schoolfriend of Tinus and RAF pilot

  Arthur Bumley — Editor of the Daily Mirror

  Betty Townsend — William Smythe's secretary

  Bruno Kannberg — Latvian-born journalist of the Mirror

  Carmel Casimir — Gerry Hollingsworth’s wife

  Count Janusz Kowalski — Polish lawyer and RAF pilot friend of Tinus

  Edward — Barnaby St Clair’s manservant

  Gerry Hollingsworth — Hollywood film producer, formerly Louis Casimir

  Gillian Kannberg — Bruno Kannberg’s wife

  Glen Hamilton — Editor of the Denver Telegraph and friend of Harry Brigandshaw and Robert St Clair

  Gregory L’Amour — An American actor and long-standing admirer of Genevieve

  Ingrid — Polish girl Janusz is in love with

  John Woodall — Flying instructor at Redhill Aerodrome

  Justin Hemmings — Trevor’s younger brother

  Mavis Crookshank — Wife of Phillip

  Max Pearl — Robert St Clair’s American publisher

  Mr Glass — Editor of the Daily Mail

  Mrs Craddock — The cook at Hastings Court

  Paul Crookshank — Eldest son of Phillip and Mavis

  Phillip Crookshank — Chief designer and flight engineer for Shorts Flying Boats

  Rodney Hirst-Brown — Photographic spy for the Nazis in England

  Trevor Hemmings — An Australian RAF pilot and friend of Tinus

  Vic ‘Ding-a-ling’ Bell — Harry’s WW2 adjutant

  William Smythe — Journalist and friend of Horatio Wakefield

  About Peter Rimmer

  Peter Rimmer was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to school. After the Second World War, and aged eighteen, he joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Pilot Officer before he was nineteen. At the end of his National Service, he sailed for Africa to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

  The years went by and Peter found himself in Johannesburg where he established an insurance brokering company. Over 2% of the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were clients of Rimmer Associates. He opened branches in the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong and travelled extensively between them.

  Having lived a reclusive life on his beloved smallholding in Knysna, South Africa, for over 25 years, Peter passed away in July 2018. He has left an enormous legacy of unpublished work for his family to release over the coming years, and not only them but also his readers from around the world will sorely miss him. Peter Rimmer was 81 years old.

  Also by Peter Rimmer

  Cry of the Fish Eagle

  Vultures in the Wind

  Bend with the Wind

  Just the Memory of Love

  Second Beach (Novella)

  The African Trilogy Box Set (3 Standalones - Cry of the Fish Eagle, Vultures in the Wind, Just the Memory of Love)

  THE BRIGANDSHAW CHRONICLES

  (The Rise and Fall of the Anglo Saxon Empire)

  Echoes from the Past (Book 1)

  Elephant Walk (Book 2)

  Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Book 3)

  To the Manor Born (Book 4)

  On the Brink of Tears (Book 5)

  Treason If You Lose (Book 6)

  The Brigandshaw Chronicles Box Set (Books 1-3)

  Acknowledgments

  With grateful thanks to our VIP First Readers for reading Treason If You Lose prior to its official launch date. They have been fabulous in picking up errors and typos helping us to ensure that your own reading experience of Treason If You Lose has been the best possible. Their time and commitment is particularly appreciated.

  Alan McConnochie (South Africa)

  Hilary Jenkins (South Africa)

  Derek Tippell (Portugal)

  Marcellé Archer (South Africa)

  Thank you.

  Kamba Publishing

  TREASON IF YOU LOSE

  Copyright © Peter Rimmer 2019

  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. Names, characters, long-standing establishments, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  First published in Great Britain in September 2019 by

  KAMBA PUBLISHING, United Kingdom

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  Cover Design by Toby Farrell, Kamba Publishing

  Peter Rimmer asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Kamba Publishing at books@peterrimmer.com.