The Thirty-Nine Steps Synopsis:
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Richard Hannay has been felling bored with London life- until he discovers a dead man in his flat, skewered to the floor with a knife through his heart. Only a few days before, the victim had warned him of an assasination plot that could bring the whole country to the brink of war.
As an obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the murderer, ordinary man Richard Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland. There, on the wild moors, he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game (and more importantly his pursuers)- and warn the government of the impending danger before it is too late...