When Eight Bells Toll by Alistair Maclean
This is vintage MacLean. This is a gripping story of modern piracy planned on such a scale that national interests are threatened. Several bullion-carrying ships have mysteriously disappeared - the latest with two secret agents aboard, planted among the crew. The Secret Service is alerted and Philip Calvert is commissioned to investigate. The trail leads Calvert to the Western Isles of Scotland, and to a mysterious vessel, moored in a bleak and misty bay. As he slips silently aboard he knows he has found the missing ship, The Nantesville. The original crew have disappeared - all but the two agents - and they are dead. Calvert's nocturnal, and nearly fatal, adventure begins to throw some light on the secret of the disappearing vessels, but questions remain, and there's more than a hint of conspiracy.
Alistair MacLean (1922-1987) served in the navy during the Second World War. Other popular works of his were The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare. When Eight Bells Toll was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Robert Morley.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781405685474 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405685476 |
| Title | When Eight Bells Toll |
| Author | Alistair Maclean |
| Series | Black Dagger Crime |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | AudioGO Limited |
| Year published | 2006-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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