GRAY, Berkeley - Conquest Likes it Hot - (Hardcover)

Scarce item - 1965 - Book still very good - 192 pg.- Sadly no wrapper - Berkeley Gray, is a pseudonym for - Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965). Brooks also wrote under the pen names Victor Gunn, Rex Madison, and Carlton Ross.   >>>   When Norman Conquest takes a leap off Westminster Bridge at midnight it is not because he fancies a swim in the Thames, but to save the life of a woman who doesn't want it. The shock he gets when he sees what he has rescued is enough to give even the iron-nerved Conquest sleepless nights, and he decides that further drastic action is urgently required. This is what marks the beginning of one of the strangest adventures he has ever encountered, and he soon finds himself at war with a determined and ruthless enemy. But Conquest likes it hot, and he reacts with his usual dare-devil coolness. After two vicious attempts on his life he follows the trail to far-off Cumberlandhis own boyhood countryand among the fells he discovers a situation which calls for all his skill and ingenuityparticularly as his beautiful young cousin, Rowena Conquest, is in grave danger, and in need of immediate help. What he uncovers in this remote and peaceful spot is extraordinary. He has to abandon his customary fighting methods and resort to guile and cunning. A change for the lawless young trouble-hunter, but one in which he revels with all his brilliant enterprise.