Cry Havoc
by J.K. Mayo | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0006179320 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0006179320 Global Overview for this book
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A HARRY SEDDALL THRILLER
A power struggle inside the world of British secret intelligence erupts into a trail of violence that starts with the murder of a retired academic on a remote Scottish island. Before long, another elderly scholar, this time in upstate New York, finds himself the next target on the assassin's hit=list and uses and old man's cunning to turn the tables on his attackers before going on the run.
But what ties the fugitive professor to military intelligence officer Harry Seddall? What is it in Calder's past that threatens Seddall with accusations of treason and puts his life in danger? Who has put a contract on his life? Who is the relentless figure at the heart of a conspiracy hatched in the secrecy of the Privy Council?
A power struggle inside the world of British secret intelligence erupts into a trail of violence that starts with the murder of a retired academic on a remote Scottish island. Before long, another elderly scholar, this time in upstate New York, finds himself the next target on the assassin's hit=list and uses and old man's cunning to turn the tables on his attackers before going on the run.
But what ties the fugitive professor to military intelligence officer Harry Seddall? What is it in Calder's past that threatens Seddall with accusations of treason and puts his life in danger? Who has put a contract on his life? Who is the relentless figure at the heart of a conspiracy hatched in the secrecy of the Privy Council?
