Most Secret

Most Secret is a novel by Nevil Shute written in 1942 but censored until 1945 when it was published by Pan Books. It is narrated by a commander in the Royal Navy and tells the story of four officers who launch a daring mission at the time when Britain stood alone against Germany after the fall of France. Genevieve is a converted French fishing vessel manned by four British officers and a small crew of Free French ex-fishermen armed only with a flame thrower and small arms. Their task is as much psychological as military: to show the Germans that they will one day be beaten back