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HostageHostage

Hostage1978

Geoffrey Household

2.0(1)on Hardcover

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Operating under the guise of a publisher's salesman, Julian Despard is a loyal member of Magma, a group of ruthless anarchists. When he discovers their mass-murder plot to blow up London, he sets out to find the bomb, even as the terrorists blackmail of Downing Street begins. Will he locate the bomb before Scotland Yard arrests him or before Magma kills him?

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First published
1978
OL Work ID
OL4780890W

Subjects

Fiction in EnglishFiction, action & adventureFiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, suspenseFiction, thrillersFiction, thrillers, generalFiction, thrillers, suspense

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