The Way to Dusty Death
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0006151353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fantastic!!! genogrl I liked this book the first time I read it in hardback! I still love it today! Alistair MacLean was a master bard in my estimation. BMF.. Racing Mystery Nash Black One of the best by a master author if you love auto racing. The backdrop of the Grand Prix features a top driver, Johnny Harlow who when his brother is murdered and the girl he loves is crippled, destroys his own career to bring a killer to justice.The racing sequences are fast, furious and deadly. One of the rare suspense/thrillers for racing fans, who know their way around the course.Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Taxes, Stumbling Blocks & Taxes 2007.". "Race with the Devil." according to HMS Warspite. 197Race with the Devil. 1973's "The Way To Dusty Death" is master storyteller Alistair MacLean's intriguing effort to build a suspenseful crime story around the Grand Prix car racing circuit in Europe. His protagonist is one Johnny Harlow, a Grand Prix champion who, as we meet him at the opening of the story, has just survived an horrific crash that has killed a fellow driver and crippled his girlfriend at trackside. In fact, as the story develops, it appears that Harlow has lost his edge and is trying to find his nerve in a bottle of Scotch.As with any Alistair MacLean story, nothing and nobody are quite who they seem to be. The reader soon l. 's "The Way To Dusty Death" is master storyteller Alistair MacLean's intriguing effort to build a suspenseful crime story around the Grand Prix car racing circuit in Europe. His protagonist is one Johnny Harlow, a Grand Prix champion who, as we meet him at the opening of the story, has just survived an horrific crash that has killed a fellow driver and crippled his girlfriend at trackside. In fact, as the story develops, it appears that Harlow has lost his edge and is trying to find his nerve in a bottle of Scotch.As with any Alistair MacLean story, nothing and nobody are quite who they seem to be. The reader soon l
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Reissue of the classic tale of high-octane adventure set in the world of 1970s Formula One, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion, the poster-boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport. And when Johnny is the apparent cause of the latest accident, he decides the time has come to sort things out. But a recent devastating accident has driven him to drink.And now his beloved sport is changing: too many things are going wrong in too many races. But what he finds has nothing to do with cars, and some people will do anything to prevent him from discovering the truth…