The Free Fishers
by John Buchan | 
John MacNab
by John Buchan | 
Castle Gay
by John Buchan | 
The House of the Four Winds
by John Buchan | 
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs
by Irvine Welsh | 
The Strode Venturer
by Hammond Innes | 
Hazardous Duty
by W. E. B. Griffin | 
Salute to Adventurers
by John Buchan | 
Zero Hour
by Clive Cussler | 
Hungry as the Sea
by Wilbur Smith | 
Young Adam
by Alexander Trocchi | 
The Poseidon Adventure
by Paul Gallico | 
A Risk Worth Taking
by Robin Pilcher | 
Eva Moves the Furniture
by Margot Livesey | 
The Courts of the Morning
by John Buchan | 
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway | 
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe | 
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad | 
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan | 
The Sea Wolf
by Jack London |
This modern fairy-tale is also the gripping adventure story about Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer who finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower. Here, Buchan introduces some of his best-loved characters and paints a remarkable picture of a man rejuvenated by joining much younger comrades in a fight against tyranny and fear.