The Big Call
Published on 31. December 2024
184 pages
978-1-5040-9850-2 (ISBN)
Description
British sleuth Patrick Dawlish takes on an international conspiracy that preys on the hearts-and fortunes-of wealthy playboys.
As the English representative of the supranational crime-fighting organization, popularly known as the Crime Haters, Patrick Dawlish has his work cut out for him. The murder of a British millionaire's son in Germany is bad enough, but the victim was helping the Crime Haters uncover a much larger scheme. This wasn't the first time a rich heir was lured to Germany by an attractive actress-and then set up for blackmail. But it was the first time a father wouldn't pay up. Now a terrifying warning has been sent: money or your son's life.
When one of his own agents is killed trying to track down the elusive actress, Dawlish takes matters into his own hands. And Germany is going to get a taste of Britain's most lethal export-Patrick Dawlish with a score to settle.
As the English representative of the supranational crime-fighting organization, popularly known as the Crime Haters, Patrick Dawlish has his work cut out for him. The murder of a British millionaire's son in Germany is bad enough, but the victim was helping the Crime Haters uncover a much larger scheme. This wasn't the first time a rich heir was lured to Germany by an attractive actress-and then set up for blackmail. But it was the first time a father wouldn't pay up. Now a terrifying warning has been sent: money or your son's life.
When one of his own agents is killed trying to track down the elusive actress, Dawlish takes matters into his own hands. And Germany is going to get a taste of Britain's most lethal export-Patrick Dawlish with a score to settle.
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John Creasey, born in 1908, was a paramount English crime and science fiction writer who used myriad pseudonyms for more than six hundred novels. He founded the UK Crime Writers' Association in 1953. In 1962, his book
Gideon's Fire received the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of the characters featured in Creasey's titles became popular, including George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for a subsequent television series and film. Creasey died in Salisbury, UK, in 1973.
