Book Review for
Violence (4/10)
Immorality (1/10)
Language (2/10)
SN Themes (1/10)
The Thirty-nine Steps
by John BuchanDescription
When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After the discovery of a corpse in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the forces of the law, and the pursuit turns into a thrilling manhunt.
Personal Review (/5)
Set against the hot summer which precedes the outbreak of the First World War, The Thirty-Nine Steps is one of the finest and most highly admired thrillers ever written.
Violence (4/10) 
This book contains a small amount of action violence.
- The discovery of a corpse is described with some detail, although it is not overly graphic.
- A car crash occurs, but no-one is harmed.
- A house is blown up, with some injury.
