The cipher

by Gordon Cotler

UI urge you not to break that cipherfor your own safety. Tell him it's beyond you, tell him anything, but don't involve yourself further. " He can be dangerous." $3,000 for one day's work! . :; , No one had ever paid much attention to Philip . Hoag before. . An archaeologist, he eked out a miserable living teachingancient history. But suddenly, ~ mysterious Middle . Eastern importer puts a fantastic price on one of his obscure abilities. And then comes the chilling message ' from the importer's lovely niece. "Bright and lively new novelist of intrigue recalls the touch of Ambler or of Hitchcock." New York Times

252 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1961