A stunt
aviator
stranded in
Tokio -- a
wet night --
a loose
tongue -- a
job offered,
no questions
to be asked
-- an
adventure
that races
across the
Far East and
bristles
with the
unexpected
-- a gal who
may be lure,
menace or
just down on
her luck --
these are
the elements
that John
Marquand has
cleverly
beaten
together to
make "No
Hero" -- a
rousing
story of
international
intrigue --
a story of
devious
ways,
Eastern
guile and
American
bullheaded
luck. If you
like
dialogue
with the
snap of
modernity,
if you like
characters
that step
right out of
the page and
if you like
to feel that
an author
knows what
he is
writing
about, your
enjoyment of
this novel
is assured.
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Only
Thank You,
Mr. Moto --
#2
Cynical
American
expatriate
Tom Nelson
has "gone
native" in
the fabled
ancient city
of Peking.
He is
stirred out
of his
complacency
when he is
caught up in
events
involving a
ruthless
Chinese
Warlord from
the north,
the
expansionist
Japanese
Empire,
stolen
Chinese art
masterpieces,
and Eleanor
Joyce, a
lovely
American on
a secret
mission. Add
to this mix
the
implacable,
ever polite
Mr. Moto:
will Tom
Nelson find
his way out
of all this?
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Only
Think Fast,
Mr. Moto
-- #3
Within
twenty-four
hours Mr.
Moto keeps
four
rendezvous
with death
as Chinese
outlaws
gamble to
lose in
Honolulu.
The story
opens in
Shanghai
where the
old,
established
and
respected
banking
house of
Hitchings
Brothers are
more than a
little
concerned
because a
distant
relative,
Eva
Hitchings,
has
persisted in
operating,
in Honolulu,
a gambling
house which
she
defiantly
calls
Hitchings
Plantation.
To young
Wilson
Hitchings,
just out
from home to
learn the
business, is
entrusted
the
commission
of going to
Honolulu and
wiping out
the blot on
the
Hitchings
escutcheon.
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Only
Mr. Moto is
So Sorry
-- #4
On the same
train with
Sylvia
Dillaway and
Calvin
Gates, bound
for
Mongolia,
were the
Russian and
Mr. Moto.
As soon as
Mr. Moto's
presence was
known to the
Russian he
gave his
cigarette
case to
Sylvia.
The case was
inscribed
with a code
message to
the Russian
Army.
Further, the
superstition
of danger
surrounding
it seemed to
be borne out
by the early
murder of
the Russian.
So Calvin
took the
case from
Sylvia.
Then things
started
happening
fast.
The Japanese
Army wanted
that case --
and Mr. Moto
was playing
a little
game of his
own -- but
something
came to
light that
turned
everything
upside down.
The newest
Mr. Moto
mystery
moves at the
rapid pace
of its
predecessors
to a happy
climax
wherein Mr.
Moto is so
sorry to
have
interrupted
the trip.
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Only
Last Laugh,
Mr. Moto
-- #5
Mr. Marquand
turns again
to the
small,
smiling
Japanese man
of
mysteries.
Most of the
action takes
place on
Mercator
Island in
the
Caribbean.
Robert
Bolles, a
young
American
down to his
last
schooner,
charters the
schooner to
a New York
socialite,
his wife,
their husky
man servant
and some
rather heavy
luggage.
He goes
along to
keep an eye
on the boat
(and the
charming
wife) but
takes two
guns with
him just in
case.
When the
guns
disappear,
and Mr. Moto
turns up at
the island,
Robert
Bolles finds
himself
caught in a
crossfire of
plot,
counterplot
and swift
violence of
the kind Mr.
Marquand and
his Mr. Moto
handle so
expertly.
But is Mr.
Moto at last
left holding
the
honorable
bag?
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Only
Stopover:
Tokyo [Right
You Are Mr.
Moto]
-- #6
Marquand's
suave,
smiling
little
expert on
top level
foreign
intrigue is
waiting at
the airport
for the
American
Intelligence
agents Jack
Rhyce and
Ruth Bogart,
when they
land in
Tokyo on a
secret
mission. The
wily Mr.
Moto joins
the chase
after an
internally
clever and
dangerous
international
spy ring.
