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  • 1970 THE NAZI ASSASINS pb award.jpg
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    1st Fedora assignment: Germany is defeated but a select group of Hitler's henchmen continue to kill and maim. Their hideout: London. Fedora's assignment: Destroy them! Enter the world of the political assassin.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    1971 SUNBURST hb hodder.jpg
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    An English spy must deal with a military coup in Spain before he can disable a weapon that threatens the world's survival.
    Last updated: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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    1971 SUNBURST hb walker.jpg
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    Last in Fedora/Feramontov Quintet. The stakes are high and the future of civilised existence is at stake in this thriller.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    1971 THE GESTAPO FILES pb award.jpg
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    2nd Fedora assignment, this time in Paris. She was known as "Le Rossignol" - The Nightingale - Hitler's most beautiful and ruthless spy. With access to millions in unrecovered German gold, she's the only person who could lead a successful return to Nazi power. Fedora's single order: crush the Nightingale.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    1971 TAKE MY DRUM TO ENGLAND hb hodder.jpg
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    Maps the world of the bomber, the hijacker, the social reject who builds an illusion of power. "Readers who like their thrillers to complement their intelligence must on no account miss Mr. Cory".EDMIUND CRISPIN, THE SUNDAY TIMES
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    1972  EVENIFYOURUN hb  doubleday.jpg
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    "This is a gripping novel of adventure and suspense, blending intrigue with excitement and prevaded throughout with the imminence of death for all concerned"
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    1974 A BIT OF A SHUNT UP THE  RIVER hb doubleday.jpg
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    A taunt and gripping novel of suspense in which the desperation of one man (Mr.Tracey) comes up against the greed and vengeance of four violent men.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    1975 THE CIRCE COMPLEX hb macmillan.jpg
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    Ollie Milton is a rather seedy psychiatrist who deploys his gifts to the well-being of the population of Cardiff. His girl-friend, Valerie Foreman, is the Circe of the title. "A really outstanding novel, remarkable not only for its ingenuity (though there is plenty of that), but also for the high intelligence and literary skill with which its essentially commonplace materials are handled."-EDMUND CRISPIN, SUNDAY TIMES
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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    Chosen as the BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR by the SUNDAY TIMES. Here is an ingenious psychological thriller, set in Wales, full of dazzling twists and quietly chilling suspense. It involves a most unusual case, and a most unusual cast of characters - the"honest men" and one professional criminal who happen to share an obsessive concern with the wherabouts of certain stolen jewels. "Stunningly unusual and entertaining" SUNDAY TELEGRAPH.
    Last updated: Thursday, November 23, 2006
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