The story includes an international conspiracy. The pretty American young lady is the heroine of the story. Sir Hardross Courage is the upper-class cricketer whose life gets changed after a chance encounter with a secret agent named Guest, who has revealed a secret that could decide the destiny of England. As Guest feels that his death is coming, and as Courage doesn't want to stand by casually while his nation might be in danger, he agrees to Guest telling him the secret. In this way, he involves himself in a world of international conspiracies where danger seems to lurk around every corner, and there he meets the lady of his dreams. The journey of these characters and their involvement in the controversies, including the romance, create more suspense in the story.
Phillips Oppenheim was born on October 22, 1866, in Tohhenham, London, England, to Henrietta Susannah Temperley Budd and Edward John Oppenheim, a leather retailer. After leaving school at age 17, he helped his father in his leather business and used to write in his extra time. His first novel, Expiration (1886), and subsequent thrillers piqued the interest of a wealthy New York businessman who eventually bought out the leather business and made Oppenheim a high-paid director.He is more focused on dedicating most of his time to writing. The novels, volumes of short stories, and plays that followed, numbering more than 150, were about humans with modern heroes, fearless spies, and stylish noblemen. The Long Arm of Mannister (1910), The Moving Finger (1911), and The Great Impersonation (1920) are three of his most famous essays.
