Sexton Blake's New Order: Volume 5
Published on 29. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-78108-807-4 (ISBN)
Description
FLYING SAUCERS, MAD SCIENTISTS AND DOUBLECROSSING VILLAINS.
The intrepid Sexton Blake enters the roaring 60's - and it's all happening.
Psychics and aliens clash on a secret volcanic base as the fate of the world lies in peril; the hunters become the hunted as a series of horrific murders strike a peaceful village; a scientist uses new techniques to bring ancient creatures to life; and a brilliantly planned heist gets double-crossed - and triple-crossed!
The New Age brings in a new era for the famous detective - and things are getting interesting.
"Makes Jack Reacher look like a bungling amateur... definitely not be missed." - The Crime Review
The intrepid Sexton Blake enters the roaring 60's - and it's all happening.
Psychics and aliens clash on a secret volcanic base as the fate of the world lies in peril; the hunters become the hunted as a series of horrific murders strike a peaceful village; a scientist uses new techniques to bring ancient creatures to life; and a brilliantly planned heist gets double-crossed - and triple-crossed!
The New Age brings in a new era for the famous detective - and things are getting interesting.
"Makes Jack Reacher look like a bungling amateur... definitely not be missed." - The Crime Review
Reviews / Votes
"Makes Jack Reacher look like a bungling amateur...definitely not be missed." - The Crime Review "Delighted to see Sexton Blake still going strong - and with such aplomb!" -- Agatha Christie "The Sexton Blake Saga is the nearest approach to a national folk-lore" -- Dorothy L. SayersMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78108-807-4 (9781781088074)
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Person
Mark Hodder is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK and its seven sequels, and of the first officially sanctioned Sexton Blake novel to have been published in nearly half a century (he created and maintains BLAKIANA: The Sexton Blake Resource). He also writes short stories, flash fiction and vignettes. Find out more on his Patreon page. Mark was born in the UK. He has worked as a commercial radio scriptwriter, a freelance copywriter, and as a web content producer for the BBC. Since 2009, he has lived in Valencia, Spain, where he writes full-time. He and his partner have twins, Luca and Iris.