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Watcher in the Shadows

by Geoffrey Household · 1960

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Similar to Rogue in plot, two master hunters—this time from WWII intelligence—go after each other in a duel in the dark English countryside some ten years after VE-Day.

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thrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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