1940. Europe is in the hands of the Nazis. In the postwar period, Madrid is hungry and has become a hotbed of spies of all world powers. Harry Brett, a British soldier friend who knew the civil war and is working for the British secret service, must earn the trust of a former schoolmate, Sandy Forsyth, to find out what shady business he is dedicated at Spain in Franco government. Harry will be wrapped in a very dangerous game. Meanwhile, Barbara Claire, Sandy's girlfriend, former Red Cross nurse, also has a secret mission: find his former lover Bernie Piper, a volunteer International Brigades Communist who disappeared after the battle of Jarama. Unforgettable, irresistible and indispensable, Winter in Madrid is a novel about love and espionage is about the difficulty of choosing right at a time marked by war.