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Game without rules

Game without rules

by Michael Francis Gilbert

EnglishDetective and mystery storiesShort storiesspiesEurope
4.0
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About this book

Short stories featuring two middle-aged, part-time assassins and a dog working for the British government in post war Europe. Although somewhat dated - a newly invented tracking device requires a receiver the size of a car seat, East Germany is a prime enemy - the stories are sardonically entertaining, twisty and surprisingly amoral.

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EnglishDetective and mystery storiesShort storiesspiesEuropeFiction, general

Characters & people

Setting

post World War II

About the author

Michael Francis Gilbert

17 July 1912 – 8 February 2006

Michael Francis Gilbert, CBE, TD, was an English solicitor and author of crime fiction, detective and mystery stories, thrillers, history and historical fiction, spy fiction, and paranormal fiction.

Author

Michael Francis Gilbert

Pages

243

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

13

Language

English

Publisher

House of Stratus, Incorporated

ISBN

9780241657744

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TR
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