The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.
by Jack London, Robert L. Fishliterary work· published 1963
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The Assassination Bureau kills people for money. It also has a social conscience. Determined to eliminate only society's enemies, its chief, Ivan Dragomiloff, decides whether or not each murder is "justified." But one day Dragomiloff accepts a contract without knowing the name of the victim and the person marked for death turns out to be himself ... Unfinished when Jack London died, this thrilling novel has been so successfully completed by Robert L. Fish that the reader is challenged to find the point where one writer stops and the other begins. "Fascinating . . . London fans will be delighted to have another story from the master's hands." —Best Sellers "The book is one unified delight—the grandest thriller in years." —The New York Times Book Review
Adaptations (1)
The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. was adapted into a 1969 film.
The Assassination Bureau1969 · film · 110 min · dir. Basil Dearden · IMDb ↗In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
