Nigel Wild, a business consultant and freelance writer for The Oxford Times magazine In Business, has written his first novel — a thriller set in Second World War France.

Nightwalk (£8.99) tells the story of French secret agent Guy Duplessis, who escapes from Vichy in the German-occupied territory with his faithful terrier Colonel. After he had finished writing the book, Mr Wild, who is president of the Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce, realised that Guy’s adventures mirrored those of Special Operations Executive Jacques Poirier.