David Line Knihy

Charles Huston se vydává z Londýna do Indie a pak dál přes Sikkim na severovýchod. Jeho bratr se ztratil v Tibetu a do této tajuplné země v Himalájích už jiná cesta nevede. Píše se totiž rok 1950 a na východní hranici se šikují armádní jednotky komunistické Číny, aby vzdorný a myšlenkově nebezpečný Tibet obsadily. Charles se proti své vůli stává figurkou v jednom z nejodpudivějších projevů hrubé síly, jaké 20. století zažilo. Nechce však hrát svou roli pasivně, a tak se záhy stává akterém boje proti okupantům. Lionel Davidson vytvořil pozoruhodný román, který se přelévá z oddychového čtení v nejlepších dobrodružných tradicích Kiplinga či Haggarda do mrazivé politické fikce s reálným základem v duchu politicko-špionážních thrillerů, v nichž autor už mnoho let patří mezi uznávanou elitu.

A thriller, set against the background of the Six Day War, in which a shepherd - a murderer on the run - discovers a species of gazelle thought to be extinct, and breeds a herd of them. Then he is discovered by two boys - one Israeli, one Arab.

The Chelsea Murders (1978) was Lionel Davidson's seventh novel, earning him the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger Award and prompting the Daily Telegraph to declare, 'Lionel Davidson is one of the best and most versatile thriller writers we have.' A terrifying, grotesque figure bursts into a young art student's room.

'Beyond question the book of the year.' Spectator Chaim Weizmann was a great man, one of the founders of modern Israel. He was also a chemist of international repute. His work in the thirties led him to a cheap way of synthesising oil. But politics took over and it seemed Weizmann had died without passing on his revolutionary knowledge. In the oil-starved seventies, it falls to Igor Druyanov to reconstruct that magic formula. And the chase is on, for the news will overturn the Middle East . . . Tense, intelligent and stylish, The Sun Chemist is gripping spy thriller from a true master of the genre.

The book that came in from the cold; this much celebrated spy thriller on the Faber backlist is repackaged and reissued.

Casper Laing, the young, fiery and brilliant Professor of Semitic Languages, is asked to decipher an ancient parchment found in Israel. Piecing together its mysterious fragments, his translation soon reveals directions to a shrouded location. Believed to be the secret hiding place of the True Menorah, an ancient and priceless Jewish candelabrum, the Jordanians and Israelis begin a frantic race to claim the prize. Surrounded by violent and treacherous rivals, Casper is enjoined on a deadly adventure deep into the burning Negev desert. A Long Way to Shiloh (1966), Lionel Davidson's third novel, was a Book Society Choice and won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award as well as the Crime Critics' Award for Best Thriller of the Year. Published in the USA as The Menorah Men, it was a no. 1 bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. It further cemented his reputation as one of the pre-eminent genre writers of his generation, and was described by the Guardian as 'first-rate' and by the New York Times as 'a supple delight in which learning, wit and style are beautifully integrated.'

Young Nicholas Whistler, dissolute and disillusioned, lives a life of dull monotony in London. Caught up in a petty money-lenders dispute, he finds himself sent to Prague to discharge the debt by carrying out a simple assignment. But this business trip will soon drag him deep into the dangerous world of Cold War espionage and the battle for atomic supremacy. Trapped between the secret police and the amorous clutches of the mysterious and statuesque Vlasta, Nicholas must face the fact that now he is a spy, whether he likes or not