In The Thirty‑Nine Steps, author John Buchan launches his rugged hero Richard Hannay into a breathless chase: when a man he just met is murdered in his flat and leaves behind a deadly secret, Hannay finds himself on the run across Britain, accused of that murder and racing to thwart an espionage plot of global dimensions. The narrative thrust rarely lets up, driving the reader from London’s fog to wild Scottish moors and beyond.
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