Murder, kidnapping, espionage, and action tied together in an intriguing mystery challenging SHAEF's counter-intelligence experts. Three times the unknowns tried to kill an American Ambassador. Three times they tried to kidnap an American Staff Sergeant. Four times they tried to kill him. A German general working with U.S. Intelligence is riddled by gunmen. All this amid repeated attempts to grab vital Top Secret files at General Eisenhower's Headquarters. The Timid Sergeant becomes a web of international intrigue, murder, and espionage within a historically accurate background of day by day operations at SHAEF.