Watcher in the Shadows by Household, Geoffrey - 1960

Little, Brown & Company. As New. 1960. Hardcover. The pages are clean, no tears or soiling. The pages and binding are tight. Dark green top-stained page edges. Pages are rough cut on middle page ends. There is a letter 'Y' written on the inside front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; The story of a manhunt, of a protracted duel fought out in London and in the countryside of Sussex by two of the most accomplished and deadly intelligence officers to have survived the Second World War. One of them is a Viennese who served in the British Intelligence: the other is a dangerous fanatic who has already murdered three men. Their duel begins ten years after V-E Day and they bring to it every ounce of the cunning and courage on which their lives depend. They are fighting over a woman long dead, yet a new love emerges from their struggle and gives to one of them, the Austrian Count, a powerful incentive to live. Will combine shipping on more than one book. .