The Killing Jar

by David Docherty

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Global capitalism, fanatic terrorism and insane destruction are brought together in this electrifying British thriller, which gives us tomorrow's news today McLean International is one of the world's biggest and most powerful mining companies. But its policy of pursuing profit at any price backfires when a colossal dam collapses in a well-known beauty spot. The consequences are devastating. Local residents, Harry Yeats and Ingrid McLean, whose lives have been torn apart by the tragedy, are determined to seek justice. But to do so, they have to take McLean's on at their own very dirty game. Can they really succeed against an all-powerful corporate giant? Moreover, Harry has made a dangerous enemy. A single-minded fanatic who acts in the name of ecoterrorism. A ruthless individual, hellbent on getting his own way. Whatever it takes.
  • ISBN10 0743429036
  • ISBN13 9780743429030
  • Publish Date 7 May 2002 (first published 31 December 1939)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 16 March 2007
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Pocket Books
  • Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
  • Pages 320
  • Language English