His books were primarily adventure novels, in the vein of John Buchan or E. Philips Oppenheim, often involving international intrigue.
The story involves the world of live theatre and political intrigue in the Mediterranean at the time.
Mitchell received assignments to exotic locales involving international intrigue from 'The Commissioner' played by Hubert Butterfield.
Adam Dalgliesh probes a case involving intrigue, malice and murder in a prestigious London publishing house.
He would get Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), the title character of the show, involved in mysteries involving international intrigue.
The stuff of international thrillers, the scandal would ultimately involve Machiavellian intrigue, mysterious death and the loss of more than $1 billion.
The whole matter developed into the "Devolution Crisis of 1904-5", a complex affair, involving political intrigue and personal drama.
But had it involved intrigue and cursing and prodigious vodka consumption, Kass could have been an important part of that, too.
Typically, Thraxas finds himself entangled in dangerous but realistic situations that involve political intrigue and all kinds of conspiracies.
Various treasure stories involve high-level political intrigue, international intelligence agencies and even the American Mafia.