Passenger to Frankfurt
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Passenger to Frankfurt (1970), 1972 Fontana paperback edition. 192 pages |
Passenger to Frankfurt (published in
1970) is a
spy drama novel by
Agatha Christie, written to mark her 80th birthday. It is the last of her few-and-far-between spy novels. At the beginning of the book there is a quote by
Jan Smuts :- "Leadership, besides being a great creative force, can be diabolical ..."
When a bored
diplomat is approached in a bleak
airport by a woman whose life is in danger, he agrees in a moment of weakness to lend her his
passport and boarding ticket. Suddenly, Stafford Nye's own life is on the line, for he has unwittingly entered a web of international intrigue, from which the only escape is to outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen who is hell-bent on
world domination through the manipulation and arming of the planet's youth, which brings with it what promises to be a resurgence of
Nazi domination.
The book is noted for its ambiguous ending, unusual for Agatha Christie.
