Kill Claudio
by P. M. Hubbard
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While hunting in the English countryside, Ben Selby stumbles upon the murdered body of Peter Gaston, a friend of some twenty years earlier. As they had both been agents in a clandestine organisation, he is convinced that Peter was killed to prevent their meeting and sets out to question his widow. What she tells him is the beginning of a perilous and exasperating search for something buried long ago on a remote island headland.Tags
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A former commando, living a humdrum life, is forced back into a life of danger when a friend is killed and the possibility of great profit arises. Woven into the story are several Shakespearean parallels which I thought were kind of pointless and distracting. The hero is interesting and I like his matter-of-fact acceptance of the situation he's caught in, but I was less than impressed.
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- Original publication date
- 1979
- People/Characters
- Ben Selby; Lisa Gaston
- First words
- I did not mean to kill the rabbit, but it ran suddenly across the track at a nice distance, and my gun came up without any conscious decision on my part.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I pulled the car onto the road again and set off for the town.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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