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But he never shows up and Sarah is forced to conduct a Missing Persons search for her own husband

But his American hosts seem made of sterner stuff

The Straw Men is the most eagerly anticipated book of the year

A superbly exciting novel which vividly captures the horror of the battlefield

Puppet on a chain Allen Lane But he never shows upFrom the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king. With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all murder. 'In our business there is no such thing as a person who never makes a mistake.'