Coronet Books
5 total works
'Cary is great with a gun and deadpan about danger' Spectator
Bill Cary makes a precarious living flying aerial surveys over Lapland. When he's hired by a wealthy American hunter, Frederick Wells Homer, to fly into a prohibited part of Finland near the Soviet border, the job seems shady indeed, and when a major crook wants him to go on the hunt for Tsarist treasure, things get messy. With thugs and the Finnish Secret Service already on his tail, matters get worse when Homer's beautiful sister turns up to search for him, and Cary's fellow bush pilots start getting killed off in a series of suspicious accidents. Cary begins to realise that it may all stem from an incident in his wartime past.
The Most Dangerous Game was shortlisted for the British Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award.
'A glorious tale, vivid in character and escapade' Book Week
Bill Cary makes a precarious living flying aerial surveys over Lapland. When he's hired by a wealthy American hunter, Frederick Wells Homer, to fly into a prohibited part of Finland near the Soviet border, the job seems shady indeed, and when a major crook wants him to go on the hunt for Tsarist treasure, things get messy. With thugs and the Finnish Secret Service already on his tail, matters get worse when Homer's beautiful sister turns up to search for him, and Cary's fellow bush pilots start getting killed off in a series of suspicious accidents. Cary begins to realise that it may all stem from an incident in his wartime past.
The Most Dangerous Game was shortlisted for the British Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award.
'A glorious tale, vivid in character and escapade' Book Week
'You won't be able to put the book down' New York Times
When a prototype, next generation battle tank goes missing in the Jordanian desert, ex-SAS Major Harry Maxim is sent in. Secretly loaned to the Jordanian army for desert evaluation tests, the MBT90 vanished in the confusion of an army revolt. Now it must be found, and if necessary, destroyed, in order to preserve its secrets.
But what starts as a simple demolition job is about to turn into a desperate run for freedom as their tank is hunted across a desert wilderness.
Uncle Target is the fourth and final novel in the Major Harry Maxim Series.
'Gavin Lyall is one of the best writers of intelligent, macho, spy thrillers in the business' Spectator
When a prototype, next generation battle tank goes missing in the Jordanian desert, ex-SAS Major Harry Maxim is sent in. Secretly loaned to the Jordanian army for desert evaluation tests, the MBT90 vanished in the confusion of an army revolt. Now it must be found, and if necessary, destroyed, in order to preserve its secrets.
But what starts as a simple demolition job is about to turn into a desperate run for freedom as their tank is hunted across a desert wilderness.
Uncle Target is the fourth and final novel in the Major Harry Maxim Series.
'Gavin Lyall is one of the best writers of intelligent, macho, spy thrillers in the business' Spectator
'Lean and literate suspense' Guardian
It seemed like money for old rope. All Kemp had to do was arrange the smooth passage of a Cezanne across the border to Switzerland, and anything was preferable to London in January.
But on awaking in a Zurich park with a bump the size of a burial mound on his head, minus the priceless work he'd been carrying, he reckons he may have underestimated the situation. Running into Harry Burroughs at the airport the next day can't be a coincidence, as Burroughs is a fine art dealer, and an even finer crook. If he is mixed up in all this, Kemp knows that from now on he will have to earn his money the hard way.
It seemed like money for old rope. All Kemp had to do was arrange the smooth passage of a Cezanne across the border to Switzerland, and anything was preferable to London in January.
But on awaking in a Zurich park with a bump the size of a burial mound on his head, minus the priceless work he'd been carrying, he reckons he may have underestimated the situation. Running into Harry Burroughs at the airport the next day can't be a coincidence, as Burroughs is a fine art dealer, and an even finer crook. If he is mixed up in all this, Kemp knows that from now on he will have to earn his money the hard way.
'The vortex of Caribbean politics made even more turbulent by one of the most compelling of contemporary storytellers' New York Times
Flying charter cargoes around the Caribbean wasn't quite the same as flying in Korea, but it was still a living, and Carr had built up a solid reputation over the years, managing to keep his hands clean. But when he is almost brought down by mercenary pilots flying for the newly instated La Republica government, he realises it is inevitable that things will get messy.
As both the new government and the FBI seek his services, Carr takes a job flying a camera plane for a major Hollywood movie in order to escape the conflict. It soon becomes apparent, however, that his new employers have more in mind than aerial shots.
Flying charter cargoes around the Caribbean wasn't quite the same as flying in Korea, but it was still a living, and Carr had built up a solid reputation over the years, managing to keep his hands clean. But when he is almost brought down by mercenary pilots flying for the newly instated La Republica government, he realises it is inevitable that things will get messy.
As both the new government and the FBI seek his services, Carr takes a job flying a camera plane for a major Hollywood movie in order to escape the conflict. It soon becomes apparent, however, that his new employers have more in mind than aerial shots.
'Lyall at his fleet and fearful best' Chicago Tribune
When Martin Fenwick - rich, respected, loved - is murdered, his bodyguard James Card goes on the hunt for his killers. His only clue, a small package wrapped in plain brown paper, will send Card on a relentless manhunt across international borders and into the clutches of death.
Young, beautiful, and very much alive, Lois Fenwick is oddly without sorrow over her husband's death. David Fenwick, the surviving son, is determined to find his father's murderer, and will risk his own life to find them.
Card is a man used to action, but now he must unearth the deadly secret that sent his boss on a rendezvous with a bullet.
When Martin Fenwick - rich, respected, loved - is murdered, his bodyguard James Card goes on the hunt for his killers. His only clue, a small package wrapped in plain brown paper, will send Card on a relentless manhunt across international borders and into the clutches of death.
Young, beautiful, and very much alive, Lois Fenwick is oddly without sorrow over her husband's death. David Fenwick, the surviving son, is determined to find his father's murderer, and will risk his own life to find them.
Card is a man used to action, but now he must unearth the deadly secret that sent his boss on a rendezvous with a bullet.