The Thirty-Nine Steps
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"The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan is an adventure novel published in 1915. Richard Hannay, a mining engineer from Rhodesia, finds himself caught in a deadly conspiracy when his neighbor is murdered in his London flat. Possessing only a cryptic coded notebook, Hannay flees to Scotland, pursued by both police and German spies seeking to steal Britain's naval secrets.
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Topics: Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction · Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction · Spy stories · World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
