No one could understand why George Calder committed suicide. He left a note but it was too cryptic to be of any use. In her determination to solve the mystery behind her husband's death, Margaret Calder turns to an old friend for help. From the author of A WIND ON THE HEATH and LADY FROM ARGENTINA.
All Roy Farrell had to do was deliver a briefcase to a man named Sampson - manager of the Lucky K gaming club - and wait while he opened it. But what followed added up to quite a packet of trouble for Farrell - and if it had not been for Gail Newcombe's help he might well have ended up dead. But Miss Newcombe wanted something in return, and to Farrell's way of thinking that could spell more trouble - a load of it. And he was right.
Mark Steel drifted from one place to another, taking odd jobs -- and that was no way to get rich. He moved over to the Riviera, where a man named Wolf Masterson offered him a job on his yacht. But there was a mystery about Masterson and his crew, and Steel was thankful to get away.
At eighteen he was a hero, or so said Lucille in Liverpool; and he was in love with her. At twenty-eight the encounter with the Cuban Catalina left scars. At thirty-six he came out of the trouble with Sicilian Lucia a little wiser. At thirty-eight Ramona took him in hand, but again only the scar lasted. At fifty-two it seemed like the end of the road for Frank Stride. But who can ever tell where the road finally runs into the sea?
Carlos Ortega was negotiating with a London merchant bank for a loan to buy land in Central America on which to expand his cattle-rearing enterprise. Paul Fraser discovered there was bitter opposition to the felling of the trees, and the Tree People used curious methods to persuade him to see their point of view.
Hector Langdon was reckless, he lied about his age and volunteered for army service in the first world war. Afterwards he drifted from one occupation to another until a meeting that was ultimately to end in tragedy. From the author of DEATH OF A GO-BETWEEN and ONE-WAY TICKET.
Sam Grant was none too keen on the job the Syrian client wanted him to do, but the sizeable deposit in ready money meant Grant really had no choice in the matter. Of course there were certain attractions in working for someone as lovely as Miss Yasmin Rasheed, but he had never been keen on searching for missing persons. It was not long before things started turning a bit grisly for him and soon he was wanting nothing better than to pack it all in while he was still able to. But Miss Rasheed was strangely reluctant to let him go...
The drug trade route stretched from London across Europe and part of Asia to the borders of Afghanistan. Investigating part of it cost the life of Detective George Lacon, although the death may have been suicide. Detective Inspector Marler did not believe it was, he felt certain that it was murder. But could he prove it and trace the murderers?
Daniel Gregg had always wanted to captain his own ship, and when the opportunity arose he seized it. In partnership with his friend, Frank Loder, he sailed the tramp, W. H. Davies, to the Far East. Trouble started in Singapore when Walter Crane, the bosun, disappeared. As a replacement, the Chinese Tommy Chan was taken on. But he had skills which had nothing to do with seamanship and a past that might not have borne close scrutiny. Then in Hong Kong a charming young lady named Margarita Diaz walked into Gregg's life. Now there really was something to worry about!
When DS Devon is sent to the West Indian island of St. Joseph he is told the exchange assignment would be more like a holiday than work. It would have been if he had not begun to observe certain activities. When he reports his findings he is met with indifference but soon realises the danger he is in. From the author of THE PETRONOV PLAN.
From the author of AVENGERS OF BLOOD, a thriller in which one man, who specialises in eliminating people, decides it is a profession he wishes to leave since he has met the love of his life, but he finds that leaving his chosen profession is much more difficult than he imagined.
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