Thirty-Nine Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), by Scottish author John Buchan, is an espionage thriller and the first of five of Buchan’s novels to feature the character Richard Hannay. Buchan’s novel takes readers on a breathtaking series of exciting exploits featuring German villains that take place in May and June of 1914. The Thirty-Nine Steps has been adapted for film and TV including Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film. Told in the first-person, The Thirty-Nine Steps draws the reader into the mind of Richard Hannay, an expatriate Scot who, after living in the British colony of Rhodesia in Africa, is now is in London. (Taken from Amazon)