Ashenden: Or the British Agent
W. Somerset Maugham
 A playwright called Ashenden is recruited by Colonel R., a British Intelligence officer. He is sent to Switzerland where he becomes involved in a series of adventures. In one he accompanies a man called the Hairless Mexican to Italy, where a Greek agent of the Germans is to be assassinated. In another he must get an Italian dancer to induce her Indian lover, a German agent, to cross the border into Switzerland to see her, so that Ashenden can arrest him. # R. # A Domiciliary Visit # Miss King # The Hairless Mexican # The Dark Woman # The Greek # A Trip to Paris # Giulia Lazzari # Gustav # The Traitor # Behind the Scenes # His Excellency # The Flip of a Coin # A Chance Acquaintance # Love and Russian Literature # Mr. Harrington's Washing The chapters are collected in later collections under different titles, as below. It is unknown whether they were rewritten slightly from original publication. * "A Domiciliary Visit" & "Miss King" as Miss King * "The Hairless Mexican", "The Dark Woman", "The Greek" as The Hairless Mexican * "A Trip to Paris, "Giulia Lazzari" as Giulia Lazzari * "Gustav", "The Traitor" as The Traitor * "Behind the Scenes", "His Excellency", as His Excellency * "A Chance Acquaintance", "Love and Russian Literature", "Mr. Harrington's Washing" as Mr. Harrington's Washing