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The Man in the Bottle - Bill Knox

 
Description: ISBN 1841197777 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Bill Knox / Edition: New edition / Hardcover / 224 Pages / Book is published ... more
The Man in the Bottle - Bill Knox ... 2003-11-27 by Constable

Newest Review: ... mean. Bill Knox was a very successful writer and in a long career he wrote 64 novels, this was one of his earlier ones ... more

 ... within the popular Thane and Moss series being written in 1963. And despite being written so long ago I think the story still hold up well today, as despite not having the Cold War to consider a lot of the principles still apply, such as VIP's being assassinated and people going missing. Initially I really struggled to get into the story and I felt little was happening to get excited about. Even the banter between the Police Officers seemed weak and by today's standard quite tame. It was only when the purpose and the si...more

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Crowned Review The Man in the Bottle - Bill Knox: Find the missing Lithuanian sailors (1047 words)
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==Synopsis of the book:== Detective Chief Inspector Colin Thane and DI Phil Moss are called in when a Salmon poacher blows himself up in the Millside area of Glasgow. What looks initially as a simple case of identify the body and tell the dead man's next of kin, is complicated by his fishing partner being missing. The missing man upon investigation is found to have links with four missing Lithuanian Sailors, who have also disappeared. Rumour has it they were planning to defect to the West. Meanwhile there is a VIP visiting this region in the form of General Igor Shashkov the Soviet Minister for Industrial Development. As the two detectives start to ...  Read the complete review

 

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