title: The Stars Are Dark
text: # The Stars Are Dark
  
  The Stars Are Dark is a 1943 spy thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney. It was published in America with the alternative title The London Spy Murders. It follows on from the 1942 novel Dark Duet focusing on British counter intelligence operations during the Second World War, and introduces the character of Quale a senior British intelligence officer would appear in several novels.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  Quale receives information from Morocco about the German forces operating in North Africa and puts his agents into action.
  
  