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Bear Island
- Author
- Alistair MacLean
- Narrator
- Jonathan Oliver
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 29 February 2024
- Run Time
- 12 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Espionage and spy thriller, Second World War fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Sea stories, Speculative fiction, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Fiction based on or inspired by true events
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter.
En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be.
Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War.
Critics Review
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'Edge-of-the-seat stuff…MacLean is back in the location he writes about best' The Times
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'Alistair MacLean is brilliant at building up the tension' Sunday Mirror
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'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror
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‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins
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Details
- Author
- Alistair MacLean
- Narrator
- Jonathan Oliver
- Duration
- 12 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 February 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008667900
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Espionage and spy thriller, Second World War fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Sea stories, Speculative fiction, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Fiction based on or inspired by true events
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter. En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be. Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War.
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