The Alpha list [Hardcover]

James Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1973

When Detective Inspector Bob Palmer of Scotland Yard investigates a professional blackmailing ring, he sets off a chain of events which ends with a killer's hands round the neck of his young American wife.

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Editorial Reviews

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"A really outstanding book." -- Spectator magazine

"A tightly-gripping story with a beauty of a shock ending." -- London Daily Telegraph

"The reader...will quickly become immersed... Impressive novel." -- Long Beach, CA, Press Telegram --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

James Anderson is the author of ten original novels in the mystery and suspense genres, which have been translated into seven languages and one of which, "Assault & Matrimony", was filmed by NBC. He was also commissioned by Universal Studios to write the first three novels based on the "Murder She Wrote" TV series. He is a committed Christian and so far, through not from any lack of inclination, unmarried. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 206 pages
• Publisher: Walker (1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802752578
• ISBN-13: 978-0802752574
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,510,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Reletively short mystery about blackmail and murder, November 15, 2006

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Peter LaPrade (worcester ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Alpha list (Hardcover)

James Anderson's "The Alpha List" has a very interesting plot to it: what starts out as a petty criminal blackmailing a Member of Parliment leads to a much bigger crime: the systhematic blackmailing of individuals using a two-tiered system, using little secrets to blackmail those who can spill the big secrets of those on "the Alpha list" i.e those with defense secrets. The blackmail expert ends up murdered, and it falls to his widowed wife and a PI that she hired to untangle this complex web. Shocking who the real villains are.