Destroyer 42 Timber Line by Warren Murphy
Destroyer 42 Timber Line by Warren Murphy
An old acquaintance of Harold Smith’s discovered a tree that produces raw kerosene like a maple tree produces syrup. That was twenty years ago and the trees have been successfully transplanted from the Amazon to the U.S. and are about ready to prove their worth. Naturally, lots of people find the idea that the U.S. could become self-sufficient in oil production troubling and want to burn the grove to the ground. Remo and Chiun have to stop them from doing it.
This is a fun adventure. Nothing about it is too deep and you have to keep reminding yourself that this was written forty years ago when the oil and gas situation was very different than it is today. There are the usual cast of over the top personalities as Remo blunders around trying to find the villain, eliminating suspects usually because they die. Chiun, of course, figures things out much faster, but doesn’t deign to give Remo the information he needs. How Sinanju will survive when Remo becomes reigning master remains to be seen.
