The Big Killing - Softcover
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In this second novel of the Bruce Medway series, our hero, a go-between and "fixer" for traders in steamy West Africa, smells trouble when a porn merchant asks him to deliver a video at a secret location. Things look up, though, when he's hired to act as minder to Ron Collins, a spoiled playboy looking for diamonds in the Ivory Coast. Medway thinks this could be the answer to his cashflow crisis. But when the video delivery leads to a shootout and the discovery of a mutilated body, he wants out. Obligations keep Medway fixed in the Ivory Coast and he is soon caught up in a terrifying cycle of violence. Unless he can get to the bottom of the mystery, Medway knows that for the savage killer out there in the African night, he is the next target.
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The second in a series of critically acclaimed novels set in West Africa by the award-winning author of A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON
Bruce Medway, a go-between and "fixer" for traders in steamy West Africa, smells trouble when a porn merchant asks him to deliver a video at a secret location. Things look up, though, when he's hired to act as minder to Ron Collins, a spoiled playboy looking for diamonds in the Ivory Coast. Medway thinks the job could be an answer to his cashflow crisis, but when the video delivery leads to a shootout and the discovery of a mutilated body, he wants out. Soon, he is caught in a terrifying cycle of violence. Unless he can get to the bottom of the mystery, Medway knows that for the savage killer out there in the African night, he is the next target.
Robert Wilson, a graduate of Oxford University, is the author of seven novels. He has worked in shipping, advertising, and trading in Africa, and has lived in Greece and West Africa. He currently lives in Portugal and Oxford, England.
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ROBERT WILSON is the author of numerous novels, including The Company of
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0006479863
- ISBN 13 9780006479864
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages400
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Condition: Muy bueno. : En la costa de África Occidental, Bruce Medway, un intermediario y solucionador de problemas para comerciantes, se encuentra en una situación complicada cuando un comerciante de pornografía le pide que entregue un video en un lugar secreto. Además, BB, el rico patrón sirio de Medway, lo contrata para que cuide de Ron Collins, un playboy mimado que busca diamantes en Costa de Marfil. Cuando la entrega del video conduce a un tiroteo y al descubrimiento de un cuerpo mutilado, Medway se ve envuelto en una espiral de violencia. ¿Proviene de los disturbios políticos en la cercana Liberia o del despiadado negocio de los diamantes? Medway debe llegar al fondo del misterio para evitar convertirse en el próximo objetivo del asesino. EAN: 9780006479864 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Big Killing Autor: Robert Wilson Editorial: HarperFiction Idioma: en Páginas: 400 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2022-08-11-daf586db
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Bruce Medway, go-between and fixer for traders in steamy West Africa, smells trouble when a porn merchant asks him to deliver a video at a secret location. Things look up, though, when he's hired to act as minder to Ron Collins - a spoilt playboy looking for diamonds - in the Ivory Coast. Medway thinks this could be the answer to his cashflow crisis, but when the video delivery leads to a shootout and the discovery of a mutilated body, the prospect of retreating to his bolthole in Benin becomes increasingly attractive - especially as the manner of the victim's death is too similar to a current notorious political murder for comfort. 400 pages. Seller Inventory # 1137251
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