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by Adam Hall

Genre: Other4

Published: 2012

Series: Quiller

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After his last mission (see QUILLER) and feeling betrayed by the London Bureau, Quiller accepts what seems a freelance assignment involving the drug trade and armed rebellion in Southeast Asia. In Singapore Quiller is nearly killed by assassins of a ruthless female leader named Shoda, and his mission will involve using voodoo-style fear to keep Shoda from igniting a bloodbath in the region.on QUILLER'S RUN:"Adam Hall writes the most exciting, original and authenticespionage novels to be found on bookshelves today." - The BannerPraise for the QUILLER Series:"For fans and students of the genre, it's a must ... pure adrenaline!"- The Chicago Times"Hall has created a new form: the spy thriller that is all action and yet cerebral, a writing feat few can match ... Hall delivers!"- The Boston Globe"Riveting and taut ... you won't be disappointed!"- The Denver Post"Quiller is one of suspense literature's great secret agents!"- The Houston Chronicle"Thrilling."- The Los Angeles Times"They don't get any tougher or more intelligent than the Quiller tales."- The Rocky Mountain News"Quiller is by now a primary reflex."- Kirkus Reviews"Tense, intelligent, harsh, surprising..."- The New York Times(Quiller is) "the greatest survival expert among contemporary secret agents."- The New York Times"Stunningly well done, tense, elliptical, without a misplaced word."- The New York Republic"Espionage at its best!"- The London Times"Breathless entertainment!"- The Associated Press"White-hot intensity."- The Washington PostPraise for ADAM HALL:"When it comes to espionage fiction, Adam Hall has no peer."- Eric Van Lustbader, author of ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE DOMINION"Tension in a novel is difficult to maintain at a pitch that actually creates a physical impact on the reader. A few of the best writers can do it, and among them is Adam Hall."- London Times Literary Supplement"Nobody writes espionage better than Adam Hall!"- The New York Times"[Adam Hall] is the unchallenged king of the spy story."- Buffalo News"Adam Hall is an exemplary writer and one of the few in this genre to do his job with a poet's skill and fierce pride in the language."- The Hong Kong Timesauthor bio:Elleston Trevor’s novels, plays, and short stories range from light, witty mysteries to dramas, usually about ordinary individuals experiencing extraordinary situations. To cover a wide diversity of subject matter Elleston wrote under various pseudonyms: Adam Hall, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Caesar Smith, Howard North, Warwick Scott, and even a woman’s name, Lesley Stone. Elleston is best known for his classic, The Flight of the Phoenix, and for his nineteen novels about a spy named Quiller. In 1966, The Quiller Memorandum won the Edgar award for the best mystery of the year. The Flight of the Phoenix and Quiller Memorandum both became major motion pictures. The author was born Trevor Dudley Smith in London on February 17, 1920. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on July 21, 1995.

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