The Thirty-Nine Steps (Richard Hannay Book 1)

In May 1914, Richard Hannay, an ordinary Londoner, learns of an anarchist plot to assassinate the prime minister of Greece from an eccentric American visitor. When that American is found stabbed to death in Hannay's flat days later, Hannay becomes the prime suspect. Armed only with the dead man's encrypted notes, Hannay must prevent the assassination while evading both the police and the conspirators—whose ambitions extend beyond Greece to threaten England itself. Hannay's only clue is a mysterious phrase repeated throughout the American's notebook: the thirty-nine steps. The first novel in the Richard Hannay series, this work was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock and influenced later spy fiction writers including Graham Greene, Robert Ludlum, and John le Carré. This ebook has been professionally proofread for accuracy and readability across all devices.