The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan (1915)

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May 1914. Great Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay lives a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger, he finds himself involved in a hair-raising adventure: a desperate cross-country hunt against time, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy. Hanny's life and the safety of Britain are in grave danger, and it all depends on the solution of a perplexing riddle: what are the thirty-nine steps?
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Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is completely bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his apartment, just days after a chance meeting with an American who had told him about an assassination plot that could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for killers, Hannay flees to his native Scotland, where it will take all his courage and wit to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.