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The Blackbird


Published: 1969.

Cover Artist: Jack Wolf.

Publisher: Cock Robin Mystery, an imprint of Macmillan.

Cover blurb: "Grofield takes a fall but rallies for a super encore with a hassle of international no-goods and a bounteous African lady spy".

Synopsis: After a failed getaway, Grofield is apprehended and forced to participate in international espionage with potential consequences far beyond anything he's ever faced.

Notes: - First chapter shared with Slayground, seen there from Parker's point of view.

Gallery:

L-R: Die Singdrossel (The Song Thrush, Germany, 1970); L'oiseau Noir (France, 1971); Inget Val (No Choice, Sweden, 1971).

L-R: 黒い国から来た女 (Japan, 1978); Spia Per Ricatto (Spy for Blackmail, Italy, 1970).


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