![]() John’s confrontation with the enemy - and his own ethics - was worth the wait. This wasn’t a perfect novel - it was chatty and a bit slow - until the blood-soaked final setpiece where the author paints a mural of extreme violence with some excellent writing. The Big Lie: .uk: Hank Janson: Books Skip to main content. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He is the adult in the room nudging John in the right direction. Buy The Big Lie by Hank Janson (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. ![]() John’s agency controller, George, is wise and shrewd. ![]() The secret agency employing John is also fascinating and leaves the reader wanting to know more. John is paired with an impossibly sexy assassin named Vanda (the book’s best character) and given an assignment to kill - putting his pacifism is put to the test. Unlike most spies, he has deep moral problems with killing, which is the central driving conflict of this novel. The first book in the series, This Woman is Death (1965) introduces us to John, an Everyman guided by his unused education in Philosophy who solves problems through logic and reason. ![]() A consortium of millionaires has a well-funded secret spy agency working outside the boundaries of bureaucrats to save the world, and John finds himself suddenly on their payroll. That’s the premise of the John Gail series by Stephen Frances. ![]() The ad appealed to London door-to-door encyclopedia salesman John Gail, and it became his door into the world of international espionage. “Excellent financial rewards await young man, physically fit, reasonably intelligent, naturally non-conformist and totally devoid of any undue respect for the law. ![]()
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