The Drums of Jeopardy

Real rating: 4 stars
Emotional rating: 5 stars

This one ticked all the boxes. Major underdog vibes but toss in a lady journalist, a secret service man, a diabolical Bolshevist-socialist who's been friends to Lenin, “cursed” emeralds, an Amati violin and a man who can play it, and a triple measure of danger? I want my own copy to reread right away.

Set just after WW1

Content: a few swears, mention of torture

On LibriVox and archive.org https://archive.org/details/drumsjeopardy00macggoog/page/n10/mode/2up