Mysterious Mr. Sabin vs The line-crosser: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Mysterious Mr. Sabin Mysterious Mr. Sabin Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1900 ★★★★☆ 4.0 370 pages · ≈ 6 h 51 m · Challenging

"The mysterious Mr. Sabin is an unscrupulous French royalist who aids the German government in a conspiracy of war against England. His part in the plot is that of securing valuable papers recording the coast defenses…

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Cover of The line-crosser The line-crosser Ted Allbeury · 1993 ★★★★☆ 3.9 371 pages · ≈ 6 h 52 m · Moderate
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Goodreads — 3.9 (48)
Apple Books 4.5 (11) —

Reception

Mysterious Mr. SabinThe line-crosser
Ratings 11 48
Editions 46 7
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 24
Written reviews — 4
Wikipedia attention 55 —
Pages 370 371

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