Publication

1974 - Penguin, Harmondsworth, England

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number75305680
  • OCLC Control Number3091315
  • Better World Books9780140037883
  • Open LibraryOL5235119M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.9/12
  • LCCPZ3.B81742 Br5
  • LCCPR6003.R458 Br5
and 1 more
  • LCCPZ3.B81742Br5

Description

It began with a breath of suspicion--erupted into a whirlwind of danger and intrigue. This is the fascinating and complex story of a perfectly ordinary English bookseller who knew a great deal about literature but very little indeed about scientists, politics, or spies. Motivated by his increasing obsession with a most unusual woman, he probes deeply into the mystery that surrounds her and, in finding the answers to the puzzle of her life, almost forfeits his own. In a fast-moving tale that begins in London and moves to Madiera, E. X. Ferrars penetrates the diverse but converging worlds of a wide variety of characters. Only one thing is constant--somewhere there is a murderer at large.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Penguin crime fiction

Other Editions

  • Breath of suspicionPenguin1974-01-01
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