THE DANGLE

Jack Schofield

The Dangle by Vancouver Island author, Jack Schofield, is a spy novel set in the years immediately following WWII, at the beginning of the so called “cold war” and beyond. The story begins with Katherine LaRonge, a brilliant young classical pianist, being approached after a concert performance in London by an officer in MI6, the international branch of the British intelligence service, who informs her that she has been under surveillance for some time and that her early life has been a fiction.

“Partly based on the experiences of a friend of the author, The Dangle incorporates real characters and situations in an entertaining and intriguingly convoluted story. Jack Schofield has led a varied and interesting life. A former bush pilot, he founded the publishing house, Coast Dog Press, based on Vancouver Island and has published a number of non-fiction books based on his own experiences as an aviator. Remarkably, written last year at the age of 97, The Dangle is his first novel. It is a well written, a fun read that gives an inside look at the devious and amoral secret world that underpinned the geopolitics of the cold war years.” – Brian Pitt