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Game without rules

Miss Marple meets John le Carre in these linked short stories of espionage and mystery, with two middle-aged British Intelligence agents (and a dog!) as sleuths. Game Without Rules features Samuel Behrens and Daniel Calder, two secret British Intelligence operatives who work in the "E" (External) Br...

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Main Author: Gilbert, Michael Francis, 1912-2006
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Union Square & Co., 2024.
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Intelligence officers > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
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Summary:Miss Marple meets John le Carre in these linked short stories of espionage and mystery, with two middle-aged British Intelligence agents (and a dog!) as sleuths. Game Without Rules features Samuel Behrens and Daniel Calder, two secret British Intelligence operatives who work in the "E" (External) Branch of the Joint Services Standing Intelligence Committee. Under the direction of Mr. Fortescue--a mild-mannered bank manager and secret spy-master--Behrens and Calder will sleuth, entrap, and, if necessary, assassinate whomever dares to threaten the peace of Britain and its inhabitants. Whether they are investigating the identity of a dead officer in a secret bunker, infiltrating a dangerous circle of fellow spies, or rescuing a double agent, Behrens and Calder will keep the realm safe with precision, efficiency, and British camaraderie.
Physical Description:248 pages
ISBN:9781454954262
1454954264
Author Notes:Writer Michael Gilbert was born in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom on July 17, 1912. He received an LLB with honors from the University of London in 1937. During World War II, he served in the Royal Horse Artillery in North Africa and Europe. His experience as a prisoner-of-war in North Africa was later used in his novel Death in Captivity. After the war, he became a lawyer and began to write. He was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of American in 1988. He won the Life Achievement Anthony Award at the 1990 Boucheron in London and was knighted as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980.

Michael Gilbert died on February 8, 2006. (Bowker Author Biography)

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