Madrigal for Charlie Muffin — Brian Freemantle

CHARLIE MUFFIN RETURNS

Not exactly willingly, of course, and not exactly as he might have planned. Boozier, scruffier and more sour than ever, he has unwittingly shambled on his aching feet into the midst of a tricky little plot by British Intelligence to unmask a mole in their Embassy in Rome -- and an even trickier little counterplot by the KGB to ensure that they don't. Charlie could easily get killed again, for he is the pawn both sides are happily prepared to sacrifice.

But Charlie Muffin is one pawn that can't be taken so easily. A fact both sides should have figured out by now.