The Thirty-Nine Steps
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780701130084
First sentence: I RETURNED from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life.
Description: While on vacation in England, Richard Hannay becomes enmeshed in an investigation of a spy ring by helping a British female agent escape gunmen. When she is later discovered dead in his hotel room, Hannay becomes fair game for Scotland Yard as well as the bad guys.