Stalking Point

Stalking Point (1983) – Duncan Kyle (Fontana paperback)

Ah yes, another slice of Cold War mayhem from Duncan Kyle, the man who never met a hapless hero he couldn’t fling into the Arctic, the jungle, or (in this case) a suspiciously scenic corner of Europe where people with accents want him dead. Stalking Point finds a perfectly ordinary fellow suddenly dodging bullets, double agents, and enough intrigue to keep MI6 in paperwork for years.

Expect the usual Kyle trademarks: breakneck pacing, settings described with alarming detail (because apparently he read every guidebook), and plot twists that make you check if you missed a page.

This is the 1983 Fontana edition: mass-market paperback, cover art that screams “thriller you left on a train,” and pages tanned to a noble sepia by time. Smells faintly of dust and lost weekends.

For fans of Alistair MacLean, Desmond Bagley, or just anyone who enjoys seeing an innocent man suffer magnificently for 250 pages.

Condition: Well-read, but then so are you.

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