num_pages: 280
description: Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambling, he jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have a more than monetary value, and that European politics has more twists and turns than the most convoluted newspaper account.
language: English
title: Background to Danger
titlecomplete: Background to Danger
genres: Thriller, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Espionage, Crime, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 1367
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard