Richard Hannah ..... what a man!!!! Richard flees cunningly from his own flat, after discovering a man, dead…murdered!! Backing up a little, Mr Scudder, from the flat above, politely invites himself inside Richards flat. Mr Scudder makes himself at home and lives there for a few days. This is where the chase begins, where Richard looks like he has been framed for the murder. Richard enters another world chopping and changing his identity and he suspects everyone around him. I most certainly enjoyed The Thirty-Nine Steps, so much. It held my attention through out the whole book. It certainly was fast paced, so much so, that I thought I was on a sprint!! I certainly admired the style of writing John Buchan produced. It was thoughtfully planned out amazingly well, so well infact, that most of the plot twists seemed plausible.