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{{competition|prize=audio downloads of [[Frank Merlin: Princes Gate by Mark Ellis|Princes Gate]] '''and''' ''Stalin's Gold''  <br> |text=One person will win both audio downloads. For your chance to win just answer the following question: Who narrates [[Frank Merlin: Princes Gate by Mark Ellis|Princes Gate]] and ''Stalin's Gold''? |date=26 August 2015}} When we [[Frank Merlin: Princes Gate by Mark Ellis|last saw]] DCI Frank Merlin he was champing at the bit to enlist and do his bit but frustrated by the fact that he could not be released. On the positive side there were signs that he was recovering from the death of his wife a couple of years earlier and he's now in a relationship with Sonia, a refugee from Poland who's working in the dress department at Swan and Edgar. The phoney war is well and truly over and London is suffering daily bombing raids: the capital is a dangerous place to be. Some people are taking advantage of the situation and looting is disappointingly frequent. It's one of the problems that have been dropped on Merlin's toes.
Not all the problems originated in London. Two years earlier Josef Stalin was annoyed that a massive shipment of gold which came from Spain was a couple of lorry loads light. He wanted it back and his henchman, Lavrentiy Beria is to track it down. It's not wise to be on the wrong side of either man and it appears that the gold might have ended up in London, via Warsaw and some high-ranking officials in the Polish Government in exile seem to be involved. On a personal note, Sonia's brother is a pilot officer in the RAF and he's concerned about the disappearance of Ziggy Kilinski, a fellow officer. The powers that be at Scotland Yard aren't convinced that Merlin should be investigating the disappearance - it seems that the man is just a deserter after all - but instinct and stubbornness keep him on the case.

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