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A French refugee is washed up on the English coast. The few incoherent phrases which he mutters set off an explosive reaction throughout Department Z, whose agents are fighting a desperate battle to uncover a Nazi conspiracy striking at the very heart of British Defence. But this is a most unusual conspiracy, backed with most unusual weapons...

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Creasey 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 I found the whole book a gripping story, with a twist in the tail ending. -- Amazon Reviewer The only trouble is closing the book before completing it. -- Goodreads Reviewer Another cracking romp of a book from the mastery of John Creasey. I really enjoy his books and the storylines are sublime. -- Amazon Reviewer

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John 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 The CWA New Blood Dagger is awarded in his memory for first books by previously unpublished writers.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.

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