| The Python Project | |
| Author: | Victor Canning |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rex Carver |
| Genre: | Spy thriller |
| Publisher: | Heinemann |
| Release Date: | 1967 |
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| Preceded By: | Doubled in Diamonds |
| Followed By: | The 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.