Typhoon - Hardcover

John Gordon Davis

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ISBN 10: 0718116623 ISBN 13: 9780718116620

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1978

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In a gripping standalone novel, yet a sequel to ‘The Years of the Hungry Tiger’, former policeman Jake MacAdam is to be found building concrete junks. Then, an American journalist, Vanessa Storm-Williams appears on the scene. She is determined to investigate the ruthless and sinister Chinese secret society; the Triads. Jake finds himself drawn into helping her and slowly but surely the couple fall in love. It is dangerous work, however, as Triad tentacles spread far and wide and their determination to supply heroin to the West knows no bounds. However, the couple’s lives are in the end changed irrevocably by the unexpected appearance of Typhoon Rose, which shatters both the island’s infrastructure and all of their perceptions.

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About the Author:

John Gordon Davis was born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and educated in South Africa. He earned a BA in Political Science, paying his way through university by working as a deckhand on British merchant ships and on the Dutch whaling fleet at the Antarctic. He went on to take an LL.B. degree whilst serving as a judge�s clerk in Rhodesia. Called to the Bar, he was appointed an assistant public prosecutor in the Magistrate�s Courts during the troubled years leading up to Rhodesia�s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, before becoming Crown Counsel in the Attorney General�s Chambers. He was later appointed to the same position in Hong Kong. He quit this post to become a full-time writer when his first book, "Hold My Hand I�m Dying" became an instant best-seller. Other bestselling novels followed. A veteran seaman; he and his Australian born wife, Rosemary, sailed round most of the world in a succession of yachts. Upon retirement, they travelled widely and from their home in a lovely old Spanish farmhouse in Andalucia, Spain, he also ran highly successful writing courses for both aspiring and published authors. John Gordon Davis sadly died in 2014 leaving behind a rich literary heritage, including several unpublished novels he had worked on even as he supposedly slowed the pace.

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