'Cary is great with a gun and deadpan about danger' Spectator Bill Cary makes a precarious living flying aerial surveys over Lapland. When he's hired by a wealthy American hunter, Frederick Wells Homer, to fly into a prohibited part of Finland near the Soviet border, the job seems shady indeed, and when a major crook wants him to go on the hunt for Tsarist treasure, things get messy. With thugs and the Finnish Secret Service already on his tail, matters get worse when Homer's beautiful sister turns up to search for him, and ...
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'Cary is great with a gun and deadpan about danger' Spectator Bill Cary makes a precarious living flying aerial surveys over Lapland. When he's hired by a wealthy American hunter, Frederick Wells Homer, to fly into a prohibited part of Finland near the Soviet border, the job seems shady indeed, and when a major crook wants him to go on the hunt for Tsarist treasure, things get messy. With thugs and the Finnish Secret Service already on his tail, matters get worse when Homer's beautiful sister turns up to search for him, and Cary's fellow bush pilots start getting killed off in a series of suspicious accidents. Cary begins to realise that it may all stem from an incident in his wartime past. The Most Dangerous Game was shortlisted for the British Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award. 'A glorious tale, vivid in character and escapade' Book Week
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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Fair in Fair jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Edge and corner wear to the dj, liquid stain on the base of the rear of the dj with a small stain on the base of the dj flaps as well, some chipping at the head and tail of the spine of the dj, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, liquid stain in the upper portion of the front board and along the spine which has bled through to the endpapers, some shelf wear, overall a nice readable used first edition! Green cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 239 very clean unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled and pulse-pounding pages! "This exciting new novel of high adventure is set in northern Finalnd, along the forbidden zone of the Russian frontier. On a mission for the Finnish mine companies, free-lance pilot Bill Cary encounters more trouble than he bargains for----including the murder of a major underworld character for which he is blamed...."
