The Vizconde Rodrigo Mendoza was a low level diplomat in early 1939 representing the government of Francisco Franco at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin before being transferred to Washington. Rodrigo was also gay. He ran afoul of the Abwehr, Nazi Germany’s intelligence agency, and found himself caught up in the seamy world of espionage and international intrigue on the eve of World War II. Particularly Dangerous Work is his story, told in three parts. The story is full of gritty action, inopportune romance, harrowing escapes, and thrilling adventure. In Part 1, At Water’s Edge, readers will find themselves immersed in the world of the early war years, dancing to Tommy Dorsey hits, sailing aboard the SS Bremen, and witnessing the invasion of France.

Rodrigo’s adventures grow even more dangerous and harrowing in the next two parts. In Part 2, Lost at Sea Rodrigo’s story continues through the difficult years the British and their allies faced through the middle of 1941, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, and the entry of the United States into the war. The end of the war and the collapse of Nazi Germany is the theme in Part 3, Reflection on the Water.

This volume completes the story of the Vizconde Rodrigo Manuel de Mendoza y de la Cerda, a diplomat with the Spanish Foreign Service and an Olympic champion. Part 1 of this series was published in 2017. In that initial part of this trilogy readers met Rodrigo Mendoza in 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, and began the long journey of following him through the months leading up to the outbreak of the war, the early part of the war, and the uncertainties the world faced at the beginning of 1941. This third and final part starts in early 1943. It follows the decline and demise of the Nazi regime in Germany and the end of the war. As an Allied spy, Rodrigo is hunted by the Gestapo, and his fate is constantly in peril. Rodrigo’s journey is packed with action, adventure, romance, and intrigue. His story is artfully woven into the historical realities of the World War II era. Readers will find themselves on edge following the march of the Red Army through Eastern Europe, the British and American pursuit of the Desert Fox across North Africa, and the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Readers will be elated at the liberation of Paris and its sudden rebirth as the cultural capital of the world and will grieve the loss of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the eve of victory in Europe.