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| Author | Victor Canning |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Rex Carver |
| Genre | Spy thriller |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Followed by | Doubled in Diamonds |
The Whip Hand is a 1965 spy novel by the British writer Victor Canning.[1] It is the first in a series of four novels about Rex Carver, a private detective drawn back into his old profession of espionage.[2][3] The novel also features the secret service agent Manston who had previously appeared in The Limbo Line, Canning's previous novel.