Dead Sea

Richard Mariner #26

by Peter Tonkin

Richard Mariner - Book 17 ‘A master of seagoing adventure.’ Clive Cussler An ambitious ecological experiment plunges Richard and Robin Mariner into deadly waters . . .  Heritage Mariner and Greenbaum International have financed an ecological experiment to prove how swiftly rubbish can foul the oceans by dropping and tracking a plastic bottle into a Tokyo river.  The bottle is filled with lottery tickets for extra publicity – one of which could be worth $55 million. Robin Mariner and Nic Greenbaum’s only child, Libby, will race each other across the Pacific to see who can reach the bottle first, but when it is discovered that it contains the winning ticket the experiment suddenly becomes part of a much deadlier game . . . Peter Tonkin was born in 1950 in Ulster, Northern Ireland and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. The son of an RAF officer, Tonkin spent much of his youth travelling the world from one posting to another. He is the author of the Trojan Murders series, Caesar's Spies and the Tom Musgrave Mysteries. Praise for Peter ”Edge-of-the-seat terror.” Daily Post “A welcome aura of old-fashioned expertise.” Publishers Weekly “A good thriller, recommended.” Library Journal “Tonkin is a superb storyteller who creates big, brash, swashbuckling adventures with taut suspense, fast-paced action and tough, resourceful characters.” Booklist ”Equals the best of James Clavell.” Daily Telegraph ”Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading.” Publishing News

273 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2013

About the author

Peter Tonkin's first novel, KILLER, was published in 1978. His work has included the acclaimed "Mariner" series that have been critically compared with the best of Alistair MacLean, Desmond Bagley and Hammond Innes.

More recently he has been working on a series of detective thrillers with an Elizabethan background. This series, "The Master of Defense", has been characterised as 'James Bond meets Sherlock Holmes meets William Shakespeare'. Each story is a classic 'whodunit' with all the clues presented to the reader exactly as they are presented to the hero, Tom Musgrave. The Kirkus Review described them as having 'Elizabethan detail, rousing action sequences, sound detection...everything a fan of historical mysteries could hope for."

Reviews

[Shelley · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book had such good promise. I actually read a few of the beginning pages to my husband, guessing that he might want to read it after I was finished. But that faded quite quickly and despite picking the book up several times to re-try, I finally gave up without finishing.

[Judi Combe · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Richard Mariner series is always brilliant. Exciting, dangerous, investigative, interesting, informative, escapist all with a touch of humour. The lives of Robin and Richard develop and grow with the years.

[Lynda Watts · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointing. Far too verbose and descriptive of irrelevant facts. I skipped read most of the book as nothing really happens for pages. Lots of questions unanswered. I will give this author a miss in future.

[Martin Keast · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bit implausible, excessive details on trivia like car type and fancy drinks. Villains too excessive.

[Eliza Teodorescu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like a commercial thriller with a slightly environmental plot. Slightly, I say...