An edition of Sweet danger (1933)

The Fear Sign

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An edition of Sweet danger (1933)

The Fear Sign

  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 14 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan principality of Averna but since then the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe suddenly render it extremely strategically important to the British Government. They hire unconventional detective Albert Campion to recover the long-missing proofs of ownership - the deeds, a crown, and a receipt - which are apparently hidden in the village of Pontisbright. On arriving in Pontisbright, Campion and his friends meet the eccentric, young, flame-haired Amanda Fitton and her family who claim to be the rightful heirs to Averna and join in the hunt. Mr. Campion and his two young friends, Eager-Wright and Farquharson, posted as the Hereditary Paladin of Averna and his entourage! Unfortunately, criminal financier Brett Savanake is also interested in finding the evidence of the oil-rich state's ownership for his own ends. Things get rather rough in the village as Savanake's heavies up the pressure on Campion to solve the mystery before they do. In the course of the hunt, Campion dresses in drag, takes refuge in a tree, is nearly drowned in a mill race, and his friends find themselves bound and gagged in sacks, shot at, and witnesses to a satanic ceremony led by the local doctor. The rural calm of Pontisbright is well and truly shattered.

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Manor Books

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Edition Availability
Cover of: El signo del miedo
El signo del miedo
2016, Impedimenta
in Spanish
Cover of: Sweet Danger
Sweet Danger
January 9, 2007, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: The Fear Sign
The Fear Sign
2000, Carroll & Graf Publishers
in English - 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Cover of: The Fear Sign
The Fear Sign
1989, Avon
in English
Cover of: Süße Gefahr
Süße Gefahr
1988-01-01
in German
Cover of: The Fear Sign
The Fear Sign
June 1976, Manor Books
Paperback
Cover of: Sweet Danger
Sweet Danger
September 30, 1950, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English - New Ed edition

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First Sentence

"A small window in the sunlit, yellow side of the Hotel Beauregard, Mentone, opened slowly, and through it a hand appeared, which, after depositing a compact brown suit-case upon the sill, speedily vanished."

Edition Notes

Series
Campion (5)

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Format
Paperback

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7782386M
ISBN 10
0532153812
ISBN 13
9780532153818
Library Thing
80789

First Sentence

"A small window in the sunlit, yellow side of the Hotel Beauregard, Mentone, opened slowly, and through it a hand appeared, which, after depositing a compact brown suit-case upon the sill, speedily vanished."

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