The Python Project
First edition
AuthorVictor Canning
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRex Carver
GenreSpy thriller
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1967
Media typePrint
Preceded byDoubled in Diamonds 
Followed byThe Melting Man 

The Python Project is a 1967 spy thriller novel by the British Victor Canning.[1] It is the third in a series of four novels about Rex Carver, a private detective drawn back into his old profession of espionage.[2][3] A complex plot which involves a jewel robbery and the exchange of prisoners between the British and Soviet intelligence services takes place in a variety of locations including London, Paris, Libya and the Balearic Islands.

References

  1. Reilly p.254
  2. Murphy p.79
  3. Burton p.81

Bibliography

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
  • Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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