The Thirty Nine Steps

It is 1914. Europe is on the brink of war. London seems peaceful enough but a dangerous conspiracy is under way... Colonel Scudder of the British Intelligence has unearthed a plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister on a visit to London and thus precipitate World War 1. Richard Hannay, an engineer on leave in London, becomes implicated and there follows an exciting series of hair's breadth escapes, of plot and counter plot, as Hannay attempts to solve the riddle of the Thirty Nine Steps...