{ "item_title" : "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "item_author" : [" John Buchan "], "item_description" : "A murdered man lies in Richard Hannay's London flat. The police will have questions-but the killers may reach him first.Recently returned from southern Africa, Hannay has grown bored with London life. Then an American named Franklin Scudder confides in him about an assassination plot with international consequences. Hannay offers him shelter, only to discover that the danger is real when Scudder is killed.With little prospect of making his extraordinary story sound credible, Hannay escapes to Scotland. He carries Scudder's coded notebook and the knowledge that its contents may explain why his visitor had to die. Behind him are the police; somewhere around him are enemies who cannot afford to let him talk.Across moorland, country roads, and isolated houses, Hannay survives through disguise, improvisation, and the help of people he meets along the way. Each encounter demands a quick judgment. A stranger may offer refuge or expose him, and an apparently respectable face may conceal a deadly purpose. His ability to observe, adapt, and play a convincing part becomes as important as his physical endurance.But escape alone will not settle the matter. Scudder's discoveries point toward a threat larger than one murder, and Hannay must find a way to make the right people listen before the conspirators complete their plans. Among the clues is a puzzling phrase: the thirty-nine steps.John Buchan combines the momentum of a chase with the uncertainty of espionage. Hannay's direct, energetic narration takes the reader from the confinement of his London flat into open country that offers both hiding places and fresh dangers. The shifting identities and improvised escapes keep the action moving toward a confrontation in which recognizing an enemy may be harder than outrunning one.First published in 1915 and set on the eve of the First World War, The Thirty-Nine Steps is a compact adventure of coded evidence, political intrigue, and pursuit. For readers who enjoy resourceful fugitives and conspiracies hidden beneath ordinary appearances, it offers a hero who must turn survival into action before his pursuers silence him.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/296/9798182961844_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "10.99", "online_price" : "10.99", "our_price" : "10.99", "club_price" : "10.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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