Captain Cut-Throat (Carr, John Dickson)
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: January 26, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780786705474
Subjects: Modern fiction; Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery/Suspense; Mystery & Detective - General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Mystery and detective stories
First sentence: Along the whole length of the Iron Coast, from Alprech Point to Cape Gris-Nez, five out of seven corps of the Grand Army breathed the salt air of the English Channel.
Description: When someone begins a killing spree on Napoleon's personal sentries, captured British agent Alan Hepburn finds himself forced not only to assist with the investigation, but also to match wits with the Emperor and his chief of police, the wily Fouche.