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Bezig met laden... Sexton Blake's New Orderdoor Mark Hodder
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FLYING SAUCERS, MAD SCIENTISTS AND DOUBLECROSSING VILLAINS. The intrepid Sexton Blake enters the roaring 60's - and it's all happening. Psychics and aliens clash on a secret volcanic base as the fate of the world lies in peril; the hunters become the hunted as a series of horrific murders strike a peaceful village; a scientist uses new techniques to bring ancient creatures to life; and a brilliantly planned heist gets double-crossed - and triple-crossed! The New Age brings in a new era for the famous detective - and things are getting interesting. "Makes Jack Reacher look like a bungling amateur... definitely not be missed." -- The Crime Review Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Rebellion's final collection of Sexton Blake stories presents a trio of adventures from the tail end of the detective's original career, in the 1960s. They're not great mysteries in the manner of Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. Sayers; for all his obvious debts to Sherlock Holmes, Blake's much more a detective in the mould of Batman – with all the ludicrous pulp fun to match.
His adventures are fascinating cultural artefacts, soaking up as they did the popular culture and paranoias of the time in an effort to keep sales up. To the usual Blake blend of adventure and mystery, you can add the post-war ingredients of Cold War paranoia, spy-fi, Catherine Cookson, Ealing crime capers, Buddhist transcendentalism, and the horror of Dennis Wheatley.
It's Sexton Blake for a new age, and terrific fun – and hopefully we'll get to see him brought back for the 21st century very soon. (