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Hugo Bishop #4
Pawn in Jeopardy
Carrying a secret worth killing for back from an Antarctic expedition, Professor Scobie is tumbled from a moving train and Bishop investigates the murder
345 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1954
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Adam Hall
159 books100 followersAuthor also wrote as Elleston Trevor.
Author Trevor Dudley-Smith was born in Kent, England on February 17, 1920. He attended Yardley Court Preparatory School and Sevenoaks School. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force as a flight engineer. After the war, he started writing full-time. He lived in Spain and France before moving to the United States and settling in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1946 he used the pseudonym Elleston Trevor for a non-mystery book, and later made it his legal name. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Adam Hall, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Howard North, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith, and Lesley Stone. Even though he wrote thrillers, mysteries, plays, juvenile novels, and short stories, his best-known works are The Flight of the Phoenix written as Elleston Trevor and the series about British secret agent Quiller written as Adam Hall. In 1965, he received the Edgar Allan Poe Award by Mystery Writers of America and the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for The Quiller Memorandum. This book was made into a 1967 movie starring George Segal and Alec Guinness. He died of cancer on July 21, 1995.
Author Trevor Dudley-Smith was born in Kent, England on February 17, 1920. He attended Yardley Court Preparatory School and Sevenoaks School. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force as a flight engineer. After the war, he started writing full-time. He lived in Spain and France before moving to the United States and settling in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1946 he used the pseudonym Elleston Trevor for a non-mystery book, and later made it his legal name. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Adam Hall, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Howard North, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith, and Lesley Stone. Even though he wrote thrillers, mysteries, plays, juvenile novels, and short stories, his best-known works are The Flight of the Phoenix written as Elleston Trevor and the series about British secret agent Quiller written as Adam Hall. In 1965, he received the Edgar Allan Poe Award by Mystery Writers of America and the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for The Quiller Memorandum. This book was made into a 1967 movie starring George Segal and Alec Guinness. He died of cancer on July 21, 1995.
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February 22, 2019
Another solid entry in the Bishop series. Not only did it keep me guessing, I didn't figure out who the murderer was until the very end...I love the period feel to the book and the descriptions of London and British police procedures are icing on the cake. And let's not forget the Princess Chu Yi-Hsin, an aloof Siamese, who creates mood throughout whenever she appears. This series is definitely worth reading.
January 9, 2012
By the author of The Quiller Memorandum (Adam Hall, a.k.a. Elleston Trevor, a.k.a. many other names), this book is one in a series featuring Hugo Bishop, a supposedly brilliant (and rich) man who solves crimes as a kind of mental challenge.
The main character isn't terribly appealing to me. The book seems outdated, but unlike Agatha Christie's mysteries, doesn't seem to age well. I finished the book, but won't go in search of any more Hugo Bishop novels.
The main character isn't terribly appealing to me. The book seems outdated, but unlike Agatha Christie's mysteries, doesn't seem to age well. I finished the book, but won't go in search of any more Hugo Bishop novels.
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