ATKINSON, HUGH.

The Manipulators.

Brighton: Angus & Robertson, 1978. 0207958130. 1st Angus & Robertson ed. Fiction. "A compelling revelation of international power play, where, in a new kind of war, the world's resources of food, oil and minerals are the weapons and unimaginable wealth the prize". Pp. 198, slight toning to pages. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w, slight rubbing to edges. G/G+.

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N° du livre: 10629

Catalogue: Fiction: : Thriller

Mots-clés: Atkinson Manipulators Fiction International Power Play A3657 Fiction: : Thriller

BARRY, CHARLES. [PSEUD. CHARLES BRYSON].

The Case for Tressider.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1937. New-At-Ninepence Illustrated Thriller. 21cms x 14cms x 1.5cms. Pp.128, 2 double page black & white 'pulp fiction' illustrations, creases to corner tips, closed tear to inner margin of pp.119-128, cracking to inner front hinge but holding Yellow and blue illustrated paperback, slightly cocked, spine creased with edge tears, corner tips creased, 2cm tear to rear cover at spine. Scarce. Good.** Charles Bryson 1877-1963. A graduate of Queen's University Belfast , he served in World War I as a Secret Service agent. In 1916, he went to Russia with the official intention of learning the language and was there when the Russian Revolution of 1917 broke out. In the mid-1920s he began writing, publishing his first detective novel. During the Second World War he became a spy again for British Intelligence.

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N° du livre: 50125

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Mots-clés: Charles Barry Bryson Case for Tressider New at Ninepence Illustrated Thriller Fiction Novel 51641 Fiction: : Thriller

BUCHAN, JOHN.

Greenmantle.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983. 0140011323. Sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps. "Richard Hannay is dispatched on an undercover mission in pursuit of the mysterious and elusive 'Greenmantle' through occupied Europe into Constantinople." Pp.267, toning to pages. Paperback, minor creasing to edges next to spine. VG.

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N° du livre: 47824

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Mots-clés: John Buchan Greenmantle Richard Hannay Fiction Thriller World War One Ww1 49299 Fiction: : Thriller

BUCHANAN, PATRICK.

A Requiem of Sharks. (A Novel of Suspense).

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 1st ed. "For Ben and Charity it was their most exciting case, a case which involved money, beautiful women, and human killers as savage as the requiem shark and much more dangerously cunning." Pp.212. Red cloth, d/w design by Roger King. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 33044

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Mots-clés: Buchanan Requiem Sharks Suspense Novel Fiction Thriller 33112 Fiction: : Thriller

BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F. JR.

High Jinx.

London: Century, 1986. 0712614435. 1st ed. Seventh spy novel featuring Blackford Oates. Pp.216. Red cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 32797

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Mots-clés: Buckley High Jinx Blackford Oates Spy Thriller Novel Fiction 32733 Fiction: : Thriller

CHARTERIS, LESLIE.

The Saint Meets the Tiger.

London: Brown, Watson Ltd (Digit Books), nd. 0. The author's third book, but the first in "The Saint" series featuring Simon Templar. Pp.160, repaired tear to top of half-title page, pages browning. Paperback, illustration of a ship piled with gold and the familiar cartoon figure of "The Saint" with his halo standing on the prow. spine edge scuffed, some brown patches to rear cover. Scarce in this imprint. G+.

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Mots-clés: Leslie Charteris Saint Meets Tiger Digit Brown Watson Simon Templar Fiction Thriller 37404 Fiction: : Thriller

DESMOND, HUGH. [PSEUD. KATHLEEN LINDSAY].

Dark Deeds.

London: Wright & Brown Ltd, nd.(c.1952). Ex Boots Bookseller's Library. "Penelope Damer meeting Carl Hewetson on a journey to Ireland, falls headlong in love and marries him. It is only when they have been married for some months that she hears her husband was suspected of murdering a former wife, and that he is not by any means all he professes to be.." Pp.256, owner's name to front free endpaper, tidy repair to front inner hinge, black mark to base of closed page edge. Red cloth, slightly cocked. Boots Booklover's Library shield printed to front board has black mark, spine has small library hanging ring to top, spine slightly sunned with edge wear, wear to corner tips. Scarce. Good.** Kathleen Mary Lindsay(1903-1973), was an English writer of historical romance novels. For some years she held the record as the most prolific novelist in history. She was married at least three times, and wrote under all three, as well as eight other pen names, using names of both sexes. These included Mary Faulkner, Margaret Cameron, Mary Richmond, Molly Waring, Betty Manvers, Elizabeth Fenton, Nigel Mackenzie and Hugh Desmond. (wiki).

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N° du livre: 50069

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Mots-clés: Hugh Desmond Kathleen Lindsay Dark Deeds Murder Crime Thriller Romance Fiction Novel 51583 Fiction: : Thriller

DORNER, MARJORIE.

A Choice of Nightmares.

London: Michael Joseph, 1987. 0718127986. 1st ed. Hardback. "Finely written, taut and atmospheric, 'A Choice of Nightmares' is a gripping psychological thriller which marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary power." Pp.266, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, d/w illustration by Alun Hood. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 32791

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Mots-clés: Dorner Choice Nightmares Psychological Thriller Fiction Novel 32743 Fiction: : Thriller

GEDDES, PAUL.

A State of Corruption.

London: The Bodley Head, 1985. 0370308549. 1st ed. Hardback. "Antonia Strachan was not the Director of the Central Crimes Bureau's firts choice for the delicate inquiry which had landed on his desk. But Antrim could not wait: the Prime Minister had been warned that a major financial scandal implicating the Chancellor of the Exchequor was likely to break.." Pp.219, slight toning to pages. Black cloth, d/w by Les Wies. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 32792

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Mots-clés: Geddes State Corruption Politics Political Trhiller Vatican Whitehall Vigiles Ludovic Fender Fiction Novel 32738 Fiction: : Thriller

GIBSON, GEORGE.

Captain Incognito.

Lymington: Nautical,1977. 0245530401. 1st ed. "In 'Captain Incognito', his second novel, George Gibson portrays the authentic atmosphere of life at sea in a modern freighter, and he builds up drama and suspense in a plot as plausible as his characters are convincing and astutely drawn." Pp.207, scuffed spot to fep. Orange cloth has minor creasing to boards, d/w slightly rubbed - design by Keith Blount LSIA. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 33027

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Mots-clés: George Gibson Captain Incognito Maritime Crime Fiction Thriller 33088 Fiction: : Thriller

GOULD, NAT.

A Northern Crack.

London: John Long, nd. 211th thousand. A John Long Four-Square Racing Thriller, originally published in 1917. Pp144, slight toning to pages. Paperback, slightly rubbed with small chip to lower front fore-edge. G+.**Nat Gould (1857-1919) was possibly one of the most prolific of writers on horses and horse racing. Although born in Manchester, he lived and worked in Australia for many years. "Because his books were so widely read, his descriptions of Australian life, based on the eleven years that he spent in Australia, deeply etched themselves in the minds of his readers. Indeed it has been asserted that they were responsible for the impression of Australia held in other countries." (Australia Brought to Book by Kaye Harman).

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N° du livre: 40812

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Mots-clés: Nat Gould Northern Crack Four Square Racing Thriller Fiction Horse Racing Jockey Trainer 41936 Fiction: : Thriller

HADLEY CHASE, JAMES.

A Coffin from Hong Kong.

London: Panther / Granada, 1977. 5860244682. Rep. "A mysterious voice from the telephone; a beautiful Chinese girl shot dead; a rich old man with a troubled conscience; a private investigator involved in a murder; a Chinese prostitute who talked too much; and a coffin.." Pp.128, toning to pages. Paperback, minor edge wear. VG.

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N° du livre: 49898

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Mots-clés: James Hadley Chase Coffin from Hong Kong Thriller Private Investigator 51414 Fiction: : Thriller

HART-DAVIS, DUFF.

Fire Falcon.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. 0224020803. 1st ed. "Duff Hart-Davis builds his story to a crescendo of suspense and excitement among the great peaks of Knoydart, on the West Coast..The claustrophobia which threatens to destroy a man on the run is brilliantly contrasted with the barren immensity of the Scottish hills." P.287, maps of Scottish hills to endpapers. Green cloth, d/w designed by Bill Botten. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 33045

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Mots-clés: Duff Hart Davis Fire Falcon Scotland Scottish Hills Knoydart Murder Mystery Thriller Fiction Novel 33111 Fiction: : Thriller

LAWS, DAVID.

Munich. The Man Who Said No! (signed).

Kibworth Beauchamp: Matador, 2018. 9781788037884. Two men successfully gatecrash the closed conference at Munich as British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is about to sign an agreement giving Adolf Hitler everything he wants in Czechoslovakia. One of the men is an American radio correspondent aghast at Chamberlain’s gullibility at surrendering to Nazi demands. He’s determined to stop the deal by bursting into the conference with a telling protest. As he makes a loud declaration to the assembled national leaders – Chamberlain, Daladier, Mussolini and Hitler – his Czech partner pulls a gun.. Pp.viii/500, inscribed to half-title page. Paperback, creasing to spine. G+.

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N° du livre: 49329

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Mots-clés: David Laws Signed Munich Man Who Said No Fiction Thriller World War II 51071 Fiction: : Thriller

LUARD, NICHOLAS.

The Dirty Area.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 0241101301. 1st edition. "He was called Ross Callum and in the Tangier straits he was a legend. A flamboyant hell-raising womaniser who, until he disappeared, had owned the fastest launch on the coast and made a fortune running guns to the Sahel rebels and contraband to anyone who would buy it..At least that was what people believed.." Pp.233, owner's armorial bookplate (H.C.D.Laing) to inside front board. Black cloth, dustwrapper slightly sunned to spine. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 37642

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Mots-clés: Nicholas Luard Dirty Area Thriller Fiction Novel Ross Callum 38343 Fiction: : Thriller