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Bruce Murdoch, Secret Service Ace and his chief, Sir Robert Holt, become involved in a desperate race against time. Kurt von Romain is in Britain and must be kept here whilst support is won from European nations. His departure must be delayed for at least 24 hours and it must be done discreetly. Britain is not yet at war with Germany and there is a last chance to prevent it, but von Romain could destroy that chance. This novel portrays not only thrills and adventure pertinent to the time, but is also relevant and representative of many secret battles fought since. It is timeless, demanding, and very skilfully written.

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Master crime fiction writer John Creasey's near 600 titles have sold more than 80 million copies in over 25 languages under both his own name and ten other pseudonyms. His style varied with each identity and led to him being regarded as a literary phenomena. Amongst the many series written were 'Gideon of Scotland Yard', 'The Toff', 'The Baron', 'Dr. Palfrey' and 'Inspector West', as JJ Marric, Michael Halliday, Patrick Dawlish and others. During his lifetime Creasey enjoyed an ever increasing reputation both in the UK and overseas, especially the USA. This was further enhanced by constant revision of his works in order to assure the best possible be presented to his readers and also by many awards, not least of which was being honoured twice by the Mystery Writers of America, latterly as Grand Master. He also found time to found the Crime Writers Association and become heavily involved in British politics - standing for Parliament and founding a movement based on finding the best professionals in each sphere to run things. 'He leads a field in which Agatha Christie is also a runner.' - Sunday Times.

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