From here Taine finds himself in a neo-facist plot with car chases, aeroplane drops and much danger.
A good adventure story, not as good as "Rogue Male" but good entertainment.
A young South American mathematician arrives at Oxford and soon becomes involved in a series of murders that are deliberately designed to appeal to mathematicians.
This is a good yarn, the Da Vinci Code, without the cliches.
" Richard Chandos has recently married Leonie, the Grand Duchess of Riechtenburg and, together with their friend George Hanbury, they decide to return to Austria for a summer holiday. But after two weeks relaxing, they recieve a cryptic message from their friend Marya, warning them of danger."
This involves them returning to Leonies native country where if caught a long time in prison is the best thing they can expect.
This is an old fashioned adventure yarn like a Buchan, but with some more violence. Daring do, and Tally Ho.
What starts out as an investigation into plagiarism soon turns to murder.
Archie does the leg work and Wolfe does the cerebral work. Best banter in any series of crime stories. Always great.
As a story its fairly ordinary but sets the scene for the ensuing 75 books.
I had trouble imagining Maigret in a bowler hat.
An ex-CIA operative who has gone on to become a wealthy businessman finds out there is to be a very hostile biography written about him.
To circumnavigate this he commission's his son, John Glass in law to write the official story.
When the researcher Glass hires tries to blackmail him, he is fired and a short time later found dead. Glass begis to worry that he may be next due his secrets.
Not a top Black story, ( John Banville) and not even close to his Quirke crime novels, but an interesting Sunday interlude, the book is more a novella and only takes a few hours to get through, worth the effort.
Early Le Carre is exceptional Le Carre.
This story relates to an incompetent Government Department living on past glory attempting to pull off an intelligence coup.
Totally unglamourous characters,but a very, very good book.
