Someone to watch OVER ME
THE STORY SO FAR: Janey Winters, secretary to Sir Desmond Ridgley, a big shot in the War Office, is concerned when her scientist father, Reginald Winters, goes missing. She decides to visit her family home in Whitstable, Kent, and is horrified to find it ransacked. Sir Desmond tells her not to inform the police but to go undercover in Canterbury. He hopes she can unearth information about a possible spy ring that may be involved in her father’s disappearance. Janey takes up war work with the WVS and moves into a lodging house, where she meets fellow WVS worker, Ronnie. But what she sees and hears gives her cause for concern.
Janey spent a fitful night tossing and turning as she wondered about the late-night telephone call she’d overheard.
Ronnie had mentioned her father’s name before saying how Janey was to be ‘watched’ as well. There was also mention of someone called Stuart.
Janey finally slept, only to wake when she heard footsteps on the staircase and a tap on her door.
‘Are you awake yet, Janey?’ Ronnie called from outside the door. ‘I’m going down to breakfast and would like to introduce you to the rest of the inmates.’
‘I’ll be down in a couple of minutes, I overslept,’ Janey said before jumping out of bed and splashing cold water on her face from a jug and bowl.
Not being on duty with the WVS canteen until the
