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Destination Unknown is a work of spy fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1954 [1] and in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1955 under the title of So Many Steps to Death.
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Destination Unknown is a 1954 spy fiction thriller where a suicidal woman is offered an alternative way to end her life while helping find out why prominent scientists are disappearing. The first half of the book built the connections between the large cast of characters.
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Destination Unknown is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 Nov 1954 and in US by Dodd, Mead and Company on 14 Feb 1955 under the title of So Many Steps to Death.[1]
Christie based this book partly on the activities of two famous physicists of the early 1950s: Bruno Ponecorvo, who defected to Russia, and Emil Fuchs, who spied for the Russians. It is another of Christie’s light-hearted thriller novels featuring a daring and fearless heroine.
Hilary Craven is about to end her life when Jessop, a British agent, asks her help in finding several of the world's leading scientists who have recently vanished. Assuming the identity of a...
The proposal for Hilary Craven? Impersonate the late Mrs. Betterton. But the masquerade means embarking on an unknown escapade, hiding from an unknown enemy, and retracing a stranger's steps...
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Destination Unknown. Agatha Christie. Pocket Books, 1985 - Scientists - 237 pages "A young woman with nothing to live for is persuaded to embark on a suicide mission ...
