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A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel jungle of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and on the sea bed below it.Off the Gulf of Mexico lies a sunken DC-3. Its cargo: millions of dollars in gold ingots and jewels guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy.The fortune is there for the taking, and ready to grab it are a wealthy oilman, a gangster and a psychopathic hired assassin.Against them stands Talbot, a man out for justice. He will see the dead given a proper burial but only after he has avenged their murders.

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‘So good I stole part of the plot’
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‘Guns, gangsters, sudden death, terrific action on land and under the sea … Fear is the Key has a plot that will require a lot of willpower to stop you looking at the last page.’
Sunday Mirror

‘Keeps tension at screaming point.’
Daily Express

‘Excitement and violence … the pace never slackens.’
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Fear is the Key

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    A Paperback / softback by Alistair MacLean

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/09/2019
      ISBN13: 9780008337421, 978-0008337421
      ISBN10: 000833742X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel jungle of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and on the sea bed below it.Off the Gulf of Mexico lies a sunken DC-3. Its cargo: millions of dollars in gold ingots and jewels guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy.The fortune is there for the taking, and ready to grab it are a wealthy oilman, a gangster and a psychopathic hired assassin.Against them stands Talbot, a man out for justice. He will see the dead given a proper burial but only after he has avenged their murders.

      Trade Review

      ‘So good I stole part of the plot’
      Lee Child

      ‘Guns, gangsters, sudden death, terrific action on land and under the sea … Fear is the Key has a plot that will require a lot of willpower to stop you looking at the last page.’
      Sunday Mirror

      ‘Keeps tension at screaming point.’
      Daily Express

      ‘Excitement and violence … the pace never slackens.’
      Scotsman

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