Gideon's March

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by J, J. Marric
Emily Kimbrough says:
"I look it at a gulp, too absorbed
to allow any interruption. This is
Gideon at his best. With excitement
and admiration I enjoy accompanying
him on his rounds."
George Gideon of Scotland Yard, whose
daily problems and triumphs are by now
happily familiar to an ever increasing
American audience, was faced with an awe-
some extra burden. There was to be a meet-
ing in London of the heads of state of
France, Germany and the United States—
and the State Visit would include a parade
in which the heads of state were to par-
ticipate.
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Which meant, of course, special precau-
tions from the moment the visiting states-
men touched English soil. They had to be
watched over all during their sojourn, but
particularly on the day of the parade—
when in the masses who would turn out to
line the procession route there would be
all sorts of people, from pickpockets to
potential... Tovább

Fülszöveg

by J, J. Marric
Emily Kimbrough says:
"I look it at a gulp, too absorbed
to allow any interruption. This is
Gideon at his best. With excitement
and admiration I enjoy accompanying
him on his rounds."
George Gideon of Scotland Yard, whose
daily problems and triumphs are by now
happily familiar to an ever increasing
American audience, was faced with an awe-
some extra burden. There was to be a meet-
ing in London of the heads of state of
France, Germany and the United States—
and the State Visit would include a parade
in which the heads of state were to par-
ticipate.
(Continued on back flap)
(Continued from front flap)
Which meant, of course, special precau-
tions from the moment the visiting states-
men touched English soil. They had to be
watched over all during their sojourn, but
particularly on the day of the parade—
when in the masses who would turn out to
line the procession route there would be
all sorts of people, from pickpockets to
potential assassins.
The job of protecting the statesmen be-
came Gideon's when the man in charge of
the uniformed police division took ill and
Gideon had to watch over that branch as
well as his own.
This was Gideon's largest problem—but
back of it was a murder, unsolved, followed
by another, seemingly connected, the dis-
appearance of a wife, and the many day-by-
day crimes that the Scotland Yard com-
mander of C.I.D. must cope with.
J. J. Marric has in this novel made read-
ers aware of the tremendous difficulties fac-
ing the police when on top of their ordinary
duties is imposed the job of keeping order
around an Occasion.
Harold Q. Masur says:
"Read it at one sitting. Found it a
colorful yarn, told with brisk author-
ity, and utterly absorbing." Vissza