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| Book Title | Death Switch |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Henry Henn |
| Publisher | Manor Books |
| Published | 1979 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Vintage mass-market paperback with considerable age and reading wear. The blue front cover shows widespread rubbing, scuffing, scratches, spotting, and color loss, with heavier wear along the edges, spine, and corners. The lower-left corner has pronounced creasing and abrasion, while the upper and lower edges are worn and slightly curled. Despite its age and cosmetic wear, the cover remains intact and the distinctive illustrated artwork and lettering are clearly visible. A well-used but presentable Good vintage reading copy. |
| Condition | Good |
Boggs has become the target of a deadly international pursuit, and he doesn’t know whom he can trust.
Stalked by the CIA and mysterious forces whose identities and motives remain uncertain, he finds himself caught in a dangerous conspiracy where simply staying alive becomes increasingly difficult. What begins as a desperate attempt to understand why he is being hunted develops into a tense game involving intelligence operations, hidden agendas, betrayal, and powerful people determined to keep their secrets buried.
Death Switch is very much a product of the late-1970s espionage-thriller boom—a fast-moving story built around paranoia, secret organizations, pursuit, and the fear that the people supposedly protecting you may be every bit as dangerous as those hunting you.
EugeneBookStore Summary
Death Switch is an obscure 1979 Cold War-era espionage thriller that should be especially appealing to readers who enjoy discovering forgotten paperback thrillers from the 1970s.
Rather than a modern reprint of a famous bestseller, this is the sort of inexpensive vintage paperback that can make browsing a used bookstore interesting: an unfamiliar author, dramatic illustrated cover art, CIA intrigue, mysterious enemies, and classic late-Cold-War paranoia.
Readers who collect vintage spy fiction or enjoy the paperback thrillers of the Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth and early Ken Follett era may find this one particularly intriguing.
Collector Notes
This is a 1979 Manor Books paperback original of Death Switch by Henry Henn. Bibliographic information on Henn is unusually scarce. One bibliographic source identifies only three Manor thrillers under his name—The Papa San Files (1977), Atherwood Terminal (1978), and Death Switch (1979)—and notes uncertainty about the author’s identity, including the possibility that “Henry Henn” was a house name. The same source identifies Death Switch as a 240-page Manor Books paperback. That obscurity makes this more interesting than its modest market value suggests. The cover also advertises a “Mystery Editor’s Award,” an attractive period feature for collectors of vintage paperback thrillers. This copy has substantial cosmetic wear, but the original illustrated cover remains largely intact.
Awards – Mystery Editor’s Award
