Spring Days in Winter: A Cold War Spy’s Final Reckoning - Softcover

Michell, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1805882341 ISBN 13: 9781805882343

Publisher: Michael Terence Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

What a cracking read - Jeff Burns with authenticity - John

So emotional. I lost it at the end - Nicole Brilliantly researched - Mick

September 1970. Belfast’s grim Crumlin Road prison. Once one of Britain’s finest intelligence officers, Ben Calvin now sits alone facing his moment of truth. Sentenced to death for murder, he is to be executed at dawn.
But Calvin is determined to die with dignity to frustrate those who want to break him. It is in his last few hours that he traces his journey from boyhood to a condemned man’s cell. The result is a sorry tale of tragedy and an ill-fated affair captured in a raw depiction of matters of the heart catastrophically colliding with the Cold War.
Ultimately a love story subtly highlighting the irreversibility of capital punishment, Spring Days in Winter is an evocative account with a rare depth of feeling, a beaten-down man’s haunting exploration of loyalty, betrayal and the terrible weight of regret.

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Terence Publishing
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1805882341
• ISBN 13: 9781805882343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274