The Thirty-Nine Steps

「私は明かりをつけたが、そこには誰もいなかった。ふと、角のところに、私に血の凍る思いをさせる『あるもの』を見た。スカッダーがあおむけに倒れていたのだ。長いナイフが彼の心臓を貫通し、床にまで達していた」リチャード・ハネーは必死にスコットランドの丘を走る。犯していない殺人の容疑で警察に追われているのだ。警察とは別にもう一つ、さらに危険な敵が彼を追っている―得体の知れない「Black Stone」である。彼らの正体は？ハネーの命を狙う理由は？

I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?