The Mandarin Cypher by Adam Hall Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. The Mandarin Cypher by Adam Hall, ISBN , Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price. In later books, Hall got this device working supremely, but in the 'Mandarin Cypher' () it's still a bit clunky. Nevertheless, a thoroughly good read, with plenty of secret world atmosphere, laced with the flavour of the exotic settings. A must for readers of the genre. Read more/5(11).
"[Adam Hall] is the unchallenged king of the spy story." - Buffalo News "Adam Hall is an exemplary writer and one of the few in this genre to do his job with a poet's skill and fierce pride in the language." - The Hong Kong Times "Adam Hall writes the most exciting, original and authentic espionage novels to be found on bookshelves today. The Mandarin Cypher by Adam Hall, ISBN , Compare new and used books prices among online bookstores. Find the lowest price. If you are anything like me, one reason to be intrigued with The Mandarin Cypher is the obvious one: a connection to submarines named Swordfish. My uncle commanded one. On the off-chance yours did not, it's still worth a go. Elsewhere a reviewer complains that Adam Hall's Energizer bunny is seen here too much in a cherchez la femme James Bond plot.
The Mandarin Cypher () is surely one of the author's best and most convincing works, with the two previous novels in the Quiller series, The Warsaw Document () and The Tango Briefing (). No doubt about it, Adam Hall/Quiller was a worthy successor of Ian Fleming/James Bond!. The Mandarin Cypher is the sixth book in the brilliant "Quiller" series by Elleston Trevor (writing as Adam Hall). Quiller is a "shadow executive" who takes on dangerous missions for a deep black agency within the British government known only as "the Bureau". Hello, Sign in. Account Lists Returns Orders. Cart.
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