Quiller's Run

by Adam Hall

Overview

After his last mission (see QUILLER) and feeling betrayed by the London Bureau, Quiller accepts what seems a freelance assignment involving the drug trade and armed rebellion in Southeast Asia. In Singapore Quiller is nearly killed by assassins of a ruthless female leader named Shoda, and his mission will involve using voodoo-style fear to keep Shoda from igniting a bloodbath in the region.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013254992
Publisher:	Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date:	11/02/2011
Series:	Quiller , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 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, Lesley 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

(Quiller is) "the greatest survival expert among contemporary secret agents."

The New York Times

"Adam Hall writes the most exciting, original and authentic
espionage novels to be found on bookshelves today."

The Banner

"Hall has created a new form: the spy thriller that is all action and yet cerebral, a writing feat few can match ... Hall delivers!"

The Boston Globe

"Quiller is one of suspense literature's great secret agents!"

The Houston Chronicle

"They don't get any tougher or more intelligent than the Quiller tales."

The Rocky Mountain News