POSTSCRIPT

SEPTEMBER 19, 1943: Lieutenant Hans Otto Gruber was blown up by a landmine while serving on the western Front. He died three days later.

JUNE 6, 1944: Captain arthur Oliver Jackson MC was killed while leading his platoon on the beaches of Normandy.

NOVEMBER 15, 1944: Professor ernst Helmut Gruber was executed by firing squad in Berlin for the role he played in the failed attempt to assassinate adolf Hitler at wolf’s Lair. May They Rest in Peace.

A Good Toss To Lose by Jeffrey Archer is taken from the short story collection Tell Tale, published by Pan £8.99. © Jeffrey Archer 2017