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Overview'Mr. Creasey realises that it is the principal business of thrillers to thrill.' Church Times London, 1941. In the unending darkness of the London Blackout, an assassin slinks through the night, striking down victims with deadly accuracy. His targets are agents, killed whilst on watch. Department Z are baffled. Who is the silent killer, why is he targeting them and what is their secret... just how are they managing to take down the best trained agents in Britain? Gordon Craigie, Department Z's fearless leader, soon finds himself faced with the toughest challenge of his career - to catch the killer before his deadly skill falls into enemy hands, putting all of Europe in grave danger... Full Product DetailsAuthor: John CreaseyPublisher: Agora Books Imprint: Ipso Books ISBN: 9781911295693ISBN 10: 1911295691 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 19 January 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsCreasey is creating his own kind of Comedie Humane-Policiere - and a splendid achievement it is. -- Anthony Boucher for The New York Times Phenomenal -- Life Magazine The storyline just grabs you from page 1 and keeps you going until the last page. -- Amazon Reviewer I have never found another crime writer so consistently satisfying from series to series, from book to book. -- Amazon Reviewer Mr. Creasey realises that it is the principal business of thrillers to thrill. -- Church Times Author InformationJohn Creasey MBE was an English crime and science fiction writer who wrote more than 600 novels using 28 different pseudonyms. He created several characters which are now famous. These include The Toff, Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, Inspector Roger West, The Baron, and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for the television series Gideon's Way and for the John Ford movie Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), also known by its British title Gideon's Day . The Baron character was made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest as The Baron. In 1953, John Creasey founded the UK's Crime Writers' Association (CWA). The CWA New Blood Dagger is awarded in his memory for first books by previously unpublished writers. Sponsored by BBC Audiobooks, it includes a prize of GBP1000. This award was known previously as the John Creasey Memorial Dagger. John Creasey died in June 1973. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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