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Dr Palfrey #31
The Insulators
The Silent Scream -
Imagine what a blessing it would be if we could create silence at the touch of a switch. Imagine great aircraft taking off without so much as a whisper.
Imagine great factories each as quiet and as peaceful as a cathedral, yet producing vast amounts of goods, the thunderous roar of machinery stifled by a new kind of science.
And suppose, too, that the fearful ravages of radioactive contamination could be similarly insulated. A heaven on earth, you might think ... but suppose the price was the loss of freedom-forever.
Only Dr. Palfrey could hear the dying scream of humanity-and only he could meet the desperate challenge ...
Imagine what a blessing it would be if we could create silence at the touch of a switch. Imagine great aircraft taking off without so much as a whisper.
Imagine great factories each as quiet and as peaceful as a cathedral, yet producing vast amounts of goods, the thunderous roar of machinery stifled by a new kind of science.
And suppose, too, that the fearful ravages of radioactive contamination could be similarly insulated. A heaven on earth, you might think ... but suppose the price was the loss of freedom-forever.
Only Dr. Palfrey could hear the dying scream of humanity-and only he could meet the desperate challenge ...
191 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1972
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John Creasey
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John Creasey (September 17, 1908 - June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in New Hall, Bodenham, Salisbury Wiltshire, England. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. He became an English author of crime thrillers, published in excess of 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. He invented many famous characters who would appear in a whole series of novels. Probably the most famous of these is Gideon of Scotland Yard, the basis for the television program Gideon's Way but others include Department Z, Dr. Palfrey, The Toff, Inspector Roger West, and The Baron (which was also made into a television series). In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Gideon's Fire, written under the pen name J. J. Marric. And in 1969 he was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
John Creasey (September 17, 1908 - June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in New Hall, Bodenham, Salisbury Wiltshire, England. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. He became an English author of crime thrillers, published in excess of 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. He invented many famous characters who would appear in a whole series of novels. Probably the most famous of these is Gideon of Scotland Yard, the basis for the television program Gideon's Way but others include Department Z, Dr. Palfrey, The Toff, Inspector Roger West, and The Baron (which was also made into a television series). In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Gideon's Fire, written under the pen name J. J. Marric. And in 1969 he was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
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