The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thirty-Nine Steps Series: #1 of The Richard Hannay Series Author: John Buchan Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 20, 2010 Genres: Espionage Publisher's Summary: Perhaps more than any other book The Thirty-Nine Steps has set the pattern for the story of the chase for a wanted man. And, of the many writers who have attempted this kind of thing since Buchan, only a very few, like Graham Greene, have managed to sustain the tension in the same way. The story's extended chase scene inspired Alfred Hitchcock's movie of the same name. The Thirty-Nine Steps, Buchan's best-known thriller, introduces his most enduring hero, Richard Hannay—who, despite claiming to be an 'ordinary fellow,' is caught up in a dangerous race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. It begins calmly enough with a rather boring trip to London. Returning to his flat, Richard is shocked to find his neighbor dead on the floor with a knife in his back. Near the deceased is a small black notebook containing cryptic notes about the 'thirty-nine steps' and a black stone. As the situation escalates, Hannay is mistaken for a secret agent by the police. Now he must run for his life across the Scottish highlands, thinking his way through narrow escapes while trying to decode the thirty-nine steps. With wit and flair, this old-fashioned roller coaster ride offers soaring suspense with a comic touch.