John Creasey

Dark Peril (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this classic thriller from an Edgar Award-winning author, a British spy agency is on the hunt for terrorists taking aim at England's political leaders. In a vicious act of terrorism, four British government officials are blinded. With the prime minister as the next target, Department Z is called in. Now the race is on for Britain's elite secret service to find the culprit behind the chemical attack. Because if the weapon is wielded again, world power will fall into enemy hands. Praise for John Creasey "A splendid achievement." - The New York Times "Phenomenal." - Life "Little appears in the newspapers about the Secret Service, but that little makes anything on the subject probable fiction. Mr. Creasey proves himself worthy of the chance." - The Times Literary Supplement

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504089883
• Artikelnr.: 76008488

Autorenporträt

John Creasey, born in 1908, was a paramount English crime and science fiction writer who used myriad pseudonyms for more than six hundred novels. He founded the UK Crime Writers' Association in 1953. In 1962, his book Gideon's Fire received the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of the characters featured in Creasey's titles became popular, including George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for a subsequent television series and film. Creasey died in Salisbury, UK, in 1973.