The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
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About This Book
Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life—until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabalise the fragile political balance of Europe. Initially sceptical, Hannay nonetheless harbours the man—but one day returns home to find him murdered... An obvious suspect, Hannay flees to his native Scotland, pursued by both the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. His life and the security of Britain are in grave peril, and everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what ...
Chapters (11)
- The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Chapter I. The Man Who Died
- Chapter II. The Milkman Sets Out on his Travels
- Chapter III. The Adventure of the Literary Innkeeper
- Chapter IV. The Adventure of the Radical Candidate
- Chapter V. The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman
- Chapter VI. The Adventure of the Bald Archaeologist
- Chapter VII. The Dry-Fly Fisherman
- Chapter VIII. The Coming of the Black Stone
- Chapter IX. The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Chapter X. Various Parties Converging on the Sea
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