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Brighton Rock (Heroes and Villains) by Graham Greene
Category: No Category | Series: Vintage Heroes and Villians Ser.
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Graham Greene's gripping thriller was adapted into a British film noir in ...Show more
The Secret Agent (Heroes and Villains) by Joseph Conrad
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London is under threat. It has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc. He is the secret agent who is given the mission to str ...Show more
The Thirty Nine Steps (Heroes and Villains) by John Buchan
Category: No Category | Series: Vintage Heroes and Villians Ser.
May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthle ...Show more
The Tiger in the Smoke (Heroes and Villains) by Margery Allingham
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A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true- Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once again.As Havoc stalks ...Show more
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