The Payoff

Tim Parnell #3

by Don Smith

I have attacked your planes three times. Give me two million dollars or the same thing will happen again. Don't get the police or the FBI involved ... Bill Stanford of Pan World Airways realized the threat was real.

The blackmailer had to be defeated, and Stanford dared to turn to only one person - Tim Parnell. This was an adventurer and a private detective. So he contacted Parnell. If only they had guessed who was behind it all.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

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Don Smith (August 2, 1909-January 11, 1978) was a Canadian writer of detective and spy fiction. He is best remembered for his Secret Mission series of novels, starring the businessman-turned-spy Phil Sherman.

Smith was born Donald Taylor Smith in Port Colborne, Ontario. In 1934-1939 he was a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star in Beijing and he piloted a fighter in the Royal Air Force during WWII. He was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his participation in the Dieppe Raid in 1942.After the war he lived in Morocco and Majorca, manning different businesses before becoming a full-time writer in his 50s.

source: Wikipedia