Pawn in JeopardyBestselling author of The Quiller Memorandum and The Striker Portfolio continues his Hugo Bishop storyline with Bishop getting involved in the murder of a scientist who just returned from an Antarctic expedition. Over 60,000 copies in print of the Harper Paperbacks edition of Knight Sinister and Queen in Danger, both Hugo Bishop mysteries. |
Common terms and phrases
ADAM HALL asked Bell Bish Bishop looked black mamba Bristol car called Charles Moss Cheyne Mews Christine Johns Clive Dawson Mews dead death desk eyes face feel Flack Freddie french doors Frisnay looked Frisnay nodded Frisnay's gently glanced glass going gone Gorry grey hand head heard Henford Hugo Jackson Joanna Gregg King's Road Knightsbridge last night leaned Max Corbyn meerschaum mind minutes Miss Gorringe Miss Gregg Miss Johns moved murmured opened the door picked police Professor Parish Professor Scobie quietly ring Rolls-Royce round Runway Club saloon Scobie's secret silence Sir Bernard Gregg Sloane Square Sloane Street slowly smiled snake-house Snow Goose softly someone sorry sound stared stood stopped talk Taplow telephone tell Thank there's thing thought told tonight took Trent's Hotel trying turned voice waited walked What's window worried