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ISBN: 0140066373
ISBN13: 9780140066371

Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens

(Book #2 in the Calder and Behrens Series)

$17.49List Price: $3.95
ISBN: 0140066373
ISBN13: 9780140066371
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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.

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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.

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Book Overview

More short stories about the deceptively harmless but sometimes lethal pair of agents, Calder and Behrens, who are also met in 'Game Without Rules'. Calder lives in Kent with a golden deerhound named Rasselas, whilst Behrens lives with his aunt and keeps bees. No one suspects they are in fact agents for the British security services and that, if necessary, they are prepared to kill. The first story deals with Behrens pre-Calder days inside wartime Germany, and the adventures progress through time to the late twentieth century. Ruthless in defence of the Crown, friends and those deemed innocent, but equally ruthless in disposing of wrongdoers and enemies of the state, the conclusive nature of which is arrived at through logic and reasoning. A lovable lethal pair This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
ISBN:
0140066373
ISBN13:
9780140066371
Release Date:
April 1983
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Length:
256 Pages
Weight:
0.34 lbs.
Dimensions:
0.6″ × 4.4″ × 7.1″
ContemporaryFictionLiterature & FictionMysteryMystery, Thriller & Suspense

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British Intelligence at its most ruthless

Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens (and Mr. Calder's dog Rasselas) made their debut in "Game without Rules." These stories show why, in late middle age, this team is still working for MI-6 [Not that MI-6 exists, of course]. Older than James Bond, they still display all of the ruthlessness associated with British Intelligence. The second story in the book for instance shows how Rasselas became part of the team. And is there anything more chilling than Mr. Calder counting backwards in "One to Ten?" The first story is different from all the others and gives the reader more background on Mr. Behrens. The last story, written in the late 1960s, is taking place in the mid-1980s. The rest are contemporary with their writing. Calder, Behrens, and their chief, Mr. Fortescue, are all quite conservative. But none of them is a stick in the mud nor are they reactionary. Morally, they follow their own lights and do not always obey the strictures placed on them by Queen and country.This book is well worth the search to find it.

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