Geoffrey Wagner (1919-2006) was an English professor, radio commentator, journalist, the author of a dozen novels (including espionage, historical, and erotic tales), three poetry collections, as well as non-fiction books on a range of subjects, including travel guides and literary and film criticism. His 1962 spanking-fetish novel The Lake Lovers, heavily edited in its day, was revised and republished in 1994 as A Singular Passion. His wife was realist painter Colleen Browning.
Only one other man knew the crimes of Philip Stevens… who had shot one of his own soldiers during a raid behind enemy lines in Africa, knowingly sent to other men straight into German fire, and faked his way out of battle into a hospital, where he perverted the tenderness of love-starved nurse to his own, desperate needs. And while Stevens struggles to cover his ugly tracks, the sole witness to his cowardice relentlessly pursues him in a chilling, suspense thriller that leads to a stunning climax.