The Tumbled House

The Tumbled House was first published in 1959 by Hodder and Stoughton and offers an insight into life in London during that period.

At the heart of the novel is a libel case: however, despite the potential dullness of such a subject, the author weaves a suspenseful plot with many strands that drives the reader on in excited anticipation.

One evening two years later Roger drives Joanna to the cottage of her deceased father-in-law, Sir John Marlowe.

Over the course of a few rather hectic dates, (in which it is evident Michael is mixing with the "wrong" crowd), Bennie discovers by chance that Roger Shorn is "Moonraker."

Winston Graham states in the introduction to this book that he put aside the Poldarks as the technique of suspense interested him more.