The Purple Valley

The Purple Valley, the second book in the Marston Baines series, features the enigmatic secret agent, his undergraduate nephew Simon, and Simon's friend Charles - and two delightful and spirited girls, Kate and Annabelle.

Simon Baines, on holiday again with his secret agent uncle and his friend Charles, soon finds that Provence proves as exciting as Italy did in 'Three Towers in Tuscany'. The trio, with two charming girl graduates, soon find themselves exploring Provence for the source of an addictive drug which has begun to circulate among university students...