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OverviewMillions of copies sold worldwide. The author of the Department Z novels is back. Millions of lives are at stake if a sinister international conspiracy succeeds. It's down to England's elite detective agency, Department Z, to make sure that doesn't happen. They've got to keep things quiet, too. Discretion is something that the Honourable James Quinion knows only too well - it's all part and parcel of being a member of the Secret Service. Department Z is described as 'a home for bachelors with a suicidal turn of mind...' Its agents ready themselves for this high-profile, high-danger job. Quinion will find himself right in the firing line and in personal danger - how will he keep the conspiracy under control and under wraps? Full Product DetailsAuthor: John CreaseyPublisher: Agora Books Imprint: Agora Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.299kg ISBN: 9781911295341ISBN 10: 1911295349 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 20 September 2016 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 Fast paced, rip-roaring adventure/thriller. -- Goodreads Reviewer Hilarious goofy charm. -- Goodreads Reviewer Upper class gentlemen secretly working for the government, evil conspiracies, secret passages & alluring women... what more could you require? -- Goodreads Reviewer Author InformationAuthor Website: http://www.johncreaseybooks.com/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. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.johncreaseybooks.com/Countries AvailableAll regions |