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A vintage World-War II-era noir with a full page-turning story, a cast of colorfully menacing figures and a character who's forced in to the center of political interest, this fascinating 1943 book parallels the spy books of Grahame Greene, Eric Ambler, and the films of Hitchcock and Lang. However in -trademark Hughes style, The Blackbirder includes a type-bending twist: its hard-boiled character is just a woman.Born of National expatriate parents, Jules Guilles was quite a, sheltered rich girl growing up in Paris, a popular of the “Ritz Bar” established. But everything changed once the Nazis rolled in to the Town of Lights. After 3 years of existence undercover, Jules is hiding out in Ny; but she understands once the corpse of an associate looks on her behalf doorstep difficulty is coming.