'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?
1. The man who died
2. The milkman starts his travels
3. The hotel-owner
4. The political candidate
5. The adventure of the roadman
6. The bald writer
7. The fisherman
8. The coming of the Black Stone
9. The thirty-nine steps
10. Meetings by the sea