Peter Tonkin

They were caught in the ultimate trap. They faced the ultimate terror.

Five men and one beautiful woman. Marooned on a floating island of arctic ice. Together they had the equipment and skills to fight the freezing cold, the violently savage storms.

Then suddenly from the angry seas the jaws of horror opened wide as nature's deadliest creature rose from the depths — a huge killer whale of enormous intelligence, incredible power, indestructible endurance, ravenous for human prey....

Killer (Paperbacks from Hell)

Killer

London, 1594. The opening night of 'Romeo and Juliet'. But it is not just the young lovers in the play who are star-crossed. Mercutio is found murdered in the middle of the play - but it is real, not stage, blood that flows from his body. Tom Musgrove, is hired by the theatre owners to solve the murder case as quickly and quietly as possible. The theatre has only just reopened after two years of plagues, and they can't afford a scandal on their doorstep. As Tom plunges into the mean streets of Elizabethan London he soon realises he has jumped blindly into a web of murderous intrigue, which has already claimed the lives of Kit Marlowe and Francis Walsingham. As the shattered remnants of England's first Secret Service split into two lethally opposed camps, the blood begins to flow from the stinking sewers of Southwark to the gilded halls of Westminster. Can Musgrove track down the murderer and solve the mystery? Or will he end up being the one hunted to The Point of Death? 'The Point of Death' is a thrilling Elizabethan murder mystery, full of intrigue and suspense. Praise for Peter Tonkin: "A welcome aura of old-fashioned expertise" - Publishers Weekly "A good thriller, recommended" - Library Journal 'Tonkin is a superb storyteller who creates big, brash, swashbuckling adventures with taut suspense, fast-paced action and tough, resourceful characters.' Booklist Peter Tonkin was born in Northern Ireland, and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. He has written thirty novels including 'The Coffin Ship'. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

The Point of Death (an Elizabethan Murder Mystery)

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The Iceberg

The reluctant captain of "Prometheus," a supertanker carrying a full load of crude oil, Richard Mariner is unaware that his vessel is the target of an insurance scam that could cost him his life

The Coffin Ship

Richard Mariner leads a team into the heart of an African jungle to find an incalculable fortune in minerals in a territory claimed by a guerrilla army.

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