Hugh North

Captain Hugh North, D.C.I., arrived at Fort Espato (in English, "Fort Terror") with no thought of treasure or tragedy - but both awaited him there. An American army port superseded the old ruin now, but when the Spanish controlled the Philippines, it had been an ill-fated and much-used fort. Some legendary menace hung over its somber vaults and passages, but when two men vanished into its depths one evening and did not reappear, North saw only a living hand where others saw inexplicable terror. To track the killer who not only murdered but caused his victims to disappear completely baffled even Captain North, until he found the beads with the markings that did not match, and a bit of paper in a dead man's hand!

In the bay of Cienfuegos, a little Cuban town, the naked body of a D.C.I. officer was found floating one night. And the next, Captain North of the Army Intelligence was on his way there - with orders to find the facts. The wolves of the naval powers were already gathering at Cienfuegos around a cashiered American naval officer who had developed a new and mysterious invention. And beside the agents were the great international criminals always drawn by such an affair. The first intimation of the sinister undercurrents North was facing came on the night train in Cuba - when a drab-looking German was murdered almost before his eyes, with a glass dagger thrust into the heart. At Cienfuegos the real battle began, with danger lurking in the surrounding jungle, and within the house death striking with silent arrows - so much quieter than automatics, so much easier to use from a distance than knives...

Another Hugh North story, this time in the South Seas, at an army garrison. Mason is a man's writer, and his army data is authentic, his plots convincing.

Washington-the Potomac-Chesapeake Bay-against the background of a beautiful and gracious city, a sleepy river, a tranquil bay, Captain Hugh North, against the most terrific odds he has ever encountered, fights his greatest battle. Here, in this list of the men and women who crowd these exciting pages, are his allies and his enemies, all participants in the mighty game of life and death. Here are murderers-and friends. Can you tell which they are? Watch them carefully-they have mystery and romance and adventure in store for you.

#8 in the Hugh North series. Captain Hugh North of the American Army's G-2 division is on hand when a peace advocate is attacked and robbed on his way to the Budapest Peace Conference, on the eve of World War II. Only North can figure out the intricate plots going on behind the scenes.

MAN FROM G-2 MEETS GIRL FROM MI-2 Lady Angela Forester - fair, vivacious, voluptuous - and Colonel Hugh North - rugged agent from G-2 - made a handsome couple as they sipped their drinks in a plush London restaurant. The one-time lovers had met accidentally and were now renewing the glorious days of old. But something was different, Hugh kept telling himself. Angela had changed.... It was only after Hugh North set out on his dangerous and delicate mission to Tangier - with Angela at his side - that he learned his lovely girlfriend was now an important MI-2 agent!

Someone is plotting the start of World War III. Colonel North sets out to find the mastermind, but United States Intelligence calls him off the case. In spite of the five men mysteriously murdered, the government says there is no proof of the conspiracy. But North knows it is true. And he chooses to pit himself singlehandedly against a vicious ring of spies to prove it! A Bermuda houseparty loses its gaiety after the ocean races when Col. North is recalled to duty because there seems to be an obtrusion of international throat-cutting (a transfer of submarines), a shifting of gold bars to be delivered, and a to-do in drugs. Dead bodies - and live and seductive ones too - are a starter for a race against time which leads to China where major moves by the intrepid Colonel foil a Soviet-Red China combine. At the price a lot for your money with North still in the lead.

Colonel Hugh North faces cold war foes and intrigue on one of his most deadly missions.

Colonel Hugh North's latest adventure brings him to the oil fields of Venezuela... The Hugh North series is "high powered...unflagging entertainment!" (The New York Times).

In Hong Kong, a company has developed a fuel additive that increases mileage markedly. All the world powers want it. But when the formula is stolen from the company safe, only Hugh North can find it-if he lives long enough!