In the summer of 1940, when all the talk is of invasion, a rubber dinghy is found on the upper reaches of the River Fal. Major Isaac Trevennel, in Cornwall on a personal mission for Prime Minister Churchill, gets embroiled in tracking down the enemy agent causing havoc across the county. As  he searches he finds assistance from an unexpected quarter from beautiful ATS girl Elizabeth Treluckey. But will they get their man before the invasion starts?

No Small Stir was Phil Hadley’s debut novel and the first in the Trevennel trilogy. It has sold over a thousand copies and has been well received. No Small Stir was shortlisted for the Holyer an Gof Award for Adult Fiction in 2018.