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Richard Bransome, a metallurgist working in defence, once committed a vicious crime. Twenty years later the crime comes to light and he must discover the truth. But is he a suspect? And how much do the police know? Richard Bransome worked in the government's most vital scientific laboratory, under the ultimate security. Nothing - living of inanimate - could crack the security barriers that guarded Bransome and his fellow workers. Nothing known to man...But something was making key scientists give up their lives' careers, sometimes just to drift away, other times to die. Then Bransome began to remember a past in which he had been a cold-blooded murderer! To discover the truth about himself, he set out on a solitary mission that would lead him against the most incredible enemy ever known to the people of Earth!
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- PublisherDobson Books Ltd
- ISBN 10 023477780X
- ISBN 13 9780234777800
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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Dobson Books Ltd 0, E-228
ISBN 10: 023477780X
ISBN 13: 9780234777800
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Harcover. 8vo. Dennis Dobson, London, UK. 1964. 182 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Something bizarre is happening among the government workers at weapons laboratories across the United States. Increasing numbers of employees are abandoning their jobs for no apparent reason, some of them committing suicide, others trading their high-profile, specialized careers for unskilled jobs in obscure towns. One such employee, metallurgist Richard Bransome, is drinking coffee at a café when he overhears a conversation about a long-ago murder that has newly come to light. The details awaken Bransome's suppressed memory of a similar crime that he committed years before. Like his co-workers, Bransome takes flight, eventually discovering that his sudden recollection is linked to an enemy spy ring and a powerful new weapon. Set during the height of Cold War tensions, this mystery offers a compelling mix of espionage novel, crime drama, and psychological thriller. EB; 8.3 X 4.9 X 1.2 inches. Seller Inventory # 61032
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