A Red File for Callan - An Inner Sanctum Mystery

Mitchell, James

ISBN 10: 0671210203 / ISBN 13: 9780671210205

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1969

About this Item

1969. First U.S. edition. 173pp. James William Mitchell (1926-2002) was a British writer, principally of crime fiction and spy thrillers. He is probably best known as the creator of the British television series When the Boat Comes In (BBC) and Callan (Thames Television). "Callan" aired between 1967 and 1972 and starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, an agent of a state secret service dealing with internal security threats to the United Kingdom. The pilot episode was shown in 1967 under the title ' A Magnum for Schneider' and this title was used for the first UK edition of this book, based on the series. The book is bound in the original red boards with blue titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good + condition with light bumping to the top of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription and is probably unread. The unclipped dustwrapper is also very good with some shelf wear and light soiling and bumping to the top of the spine.

Seller Inventory # gLitMitchell01

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Red File for Callan - An Inner Sanctum Mystery
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671210203
• ISBN 13: 9780671210205
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First US Edition
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Crime Fiction

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Synopsis

Callan is washed up. The most efficient killer in Europe is working as a book-keeper for a small, dusty merchant. But Circumstances force Hunter to employ him for one last operation.

Schneider. Cheerful, friendly, affluent Schneider with his innocent passion for model soldiers. Callan hunts again And again his tool is Lonely, the most frightened little man in the underworld.

It is Lonely who gets him the gun, a Noguchi Magnum 38 calibre. A magnum for Schneider. The operation is studded with leathal booby-traps, but Callan's own inhibitions are the most dangerous.