Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences....

Scottish Stories is a treasury of great writing from a richly literary land, where the short story has flourished for over two centuries. Here are chilling supernatural stories from Robert Louis Stevenson, Eric Linklater and Dorothy K....

\"My guest was lying sprawled on his back. There was a long knife through his heart which skewered him to the floor\" Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London....

When Richard Hannay finds the corpse of freelance spy Franklin P. Scudder in his London flat, he goes on the run, fearing that his life is in danger. Scudder had previously revealed that he was investigating a ring of German spies, who were conspiring to sabotage Britain\"s war capability....

One of the greatest spy thrillers ever written, The Thirty Nine Steps tells the story of the adventurer Richard Hannay as he is forced to flee his old life after a spy is found dead in his flat....

The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) introduces Richard Hannay, the original gentleman-hero of spy thrillers and a forerunner of James Bond. This tale of intrigue and treachery pits Hannay against not only a German spy ring but also the British police, who wrongly suspect him of murder....

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A wonderful collection of stories dealing with escapes and adventurous journeys, including the escape of Charles II to France, Winston Churchill's escape from South Africa and many more. ...

A thrilling and superbly written historical romance. The story of Andrew Garveld, a young man born into a poor but once noble family, sets about changing his fortune by travelling to Edinburgh but meets many people along the way and events spiral and change his life forever. ...

Here are collected two of John Buchan's finest two historical romances, sweeping landscapes and beautifully written characters and plots are the hallmark of Buchan's novels. ...

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