Quiller: The Ninth Directive

by Adam Hall

Overview

Working for a UK government department that officially "does not exist", undercover agent Quiller is flown to Thailand to meet his boss Loman, with whom Quiller has a tense, difficult relationship. An important and popular Englishman will be flown to Bangkok to take part in a parade, cementing the ties and good will between Thailand and Britain. Word is out that an unfriendly government has hired the world's most skilled and dreaded assassin to kill the Englishman during a parade through Bangkok's streets.  Quiller must find the assassin before the killing takes place. 

The assassin is clever, and succeeds in misleading Quiller. It is now a race for time between the assassin's brilliant plan and Quiller's ability to avert disaster.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161348130
Publisher:	Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date:	03/20/2019
Series:	Quiller , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	783,200
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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, Leslie 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.

Editorial Reviews

(Adam Hall is) "A master of adventure."

The New York Times - New York Times

"A model of breathless entertainment."
- The New Yorker

The New Yorker

"Tough and suspenseful... with a distinctly noir-ish edge."

The Independent

"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

"The unchallenged king of the spy story."

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