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| Author | Lois Duncan |
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| Language | English |
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| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, and Co. |
Game of Danger is a 1962 thriller novel by Lois Duncan. [1] [2]
Teenager Annie and her young brother Rob receive a phone call from their mother instructing them to leave their home in the middle of the night with an important letter. The two arrive at the bus terminal at 2 AM and leave for the home of a family friend at their mother's urging; meanwhile, newspaper headlines regarding Annie and Rob's father and his alleged communist ties begin to circulate. The children's embarking leads them on an odyssey to uncover the truth.
A review published by Kirkus Reviews noted that: "The pieces of the puzzle take awhile to together, but the is well worth the reader's time... This is melodrama that involves the reader all the way through." [3]