Mandrake's Mission

About the Book

In 1944, an American bomber, carrying dead navigator Paul Mandrake, crashes in the Swiss Alps. Twenty-one years later, his son, Peter, learns that Stephen Craddock, the family lawyer, should be guardian of his father’s diamond university graduation ring, worth half a million dollars. Craddock, a sinister character, denies this. Is the ring still with Paul in the lost bomber? Peter is determined to find out, aided by his girlfriend, her geology professor and an old member of his father’s Flying Fortress squadron. The search entails exciting climbing sequences and dangerous encounters with ruthless competitors for possession of the diamond ring.

About the Author

Bernard Lord was born and raised in England but for the last thirty-five years has resided in the USA. Although engineering has been his primary occupation, this is the second novel that he has written and he is presently busy with a third. He is married and lives with his wife in California. They have three children who are long grown and flown.