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'Mr. Creasey realises that it is the principal business of thrillers to thrill.' Church Times On a top secret island, the Germans are perfecting a paralysing gas. This gas would be able to disable an entire infantry troop, a crew of a ship, or the pilots of aircraft. With the looming threat of this noxious gas, it's up to Department Z to find this mysterious island, where the gas is being manufactured, and steal the formula to prevent the Germans from using it as their ultimate weapon.

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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 The plot is full of surprises, derring-do and narrow escapes. The ending is particularly well done. -- Amazon Reviewer An exciting and entertaining book with the usual twists and enthralling surprises -- 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 The CWA New Blood Dagger is awarded in his memory for first books by previously unpublished writers.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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