The Three Hostages

The Three Hostages (1924) is a thriller novel by John Buchan, featuring his famous character Richard Hannay, best known from The Thirty-Nine Steps. This book is the fourth in the Hannay series and blends espionage, psychological manipulation, and adventure in the years following World War I.

Now retired and living a peaceful life in the countryside, Richard Hannay is reluctantly drawn back into action when a powerful criminal network kidnaps three important hostages-a politician's son, a ban...