Download or read book The Shimmering Face of Evil written by Arlene Rubens Balin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1938 Inspector Max Hamilton leaves the village of St. Basil in the Midlands of England for a holiday in London. He soon meets Sir John Cross, the head of the Special Operations section of Scotland Yard. At the urging of his friend, Cameron Philby, Max accepts a position and the country policeman soon finds himself in the center of London's upper class social milieu. The murder of a beautiful adventuress sets in motion a tale of murder, intrigue and treachery. Inspector Hamilton is charged with uncovering those who have been corrupted by the shimmering face of evil.