It’s before the First World War, but tensions with the Germans are already high. A fairly ordinary man, called Richard Hannay, returns to London, but promptly gets bored of life. It all gets exciting, though, when a man who is assumed dead turns up in his flat and then gets properly murdered. Richard, not wanting to let a good man down, works out why he died and manages to stop secrets from being leaked to the Germans – hoping to stop the oncoming war. Prepare to be sat on the edge of your seat as the adventure unfolds.
There’s a great movie adaptation available that we, as a family, all enjoyed (once we were all old enough!)
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