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Synopsis
Two geo-chemists, Kitty Cochrane and Gus Wilson, are asked to investigate a possible natural gas reservoir beneath the Scottish estate of Bernard Morris, a London entrepreneur. The gas contains a volatile and dangerous element which could trigger a natural disaster on the scale of Chernobyl. But Morris, because of financial pressure, is determined to drill regardless of the danger. Kitty must be stop him with the help of the estate bailiff, James MacEwan.
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Marlow is the pseudonym of the husband and wife writing team of Christopher Nicole and Diana Bachmann.
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When a teenager is killed and another badly burned as they happen upon a natural gas reservoir, geochemists Gus Wilson and Kitty Cochrane are called in to analyze the mountain of gas sitting beneath an area of Scottish countryside owned by the unpleasant London businessman Bernard Morris. Kitty tends to be rather foolhardy, risking her job and making brash decisions, but she has good sense enough to fall madly in love with Morris's estate bailiff, James MacEwan, who of course happens to be the story's hero. All's well that ends well; the "big bang" takes a few lives but never develops into a full-blown catastrophe. The novel is burdened by lots of technical explanations of geochemistry and far too many wooden, one-dimensional characters, but that does not keep it from being a first-rate thriller. Max Marlow is the collaborative nom de plume of husband-and-wife team Christopher Nicole and Diana Bachman. A nice buy for libraries with disaster thriller readers.?Alice DiNizo, Raritan P.L., N.J.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 305 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Severn House, UK, 1995. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has moderate lean. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Pages are lightly tanned. Small soiled mark on 1st end page. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A thriller about two geochemists who discover a mountain of volatile and dangerous gas beneath the Scottish estate of a London entrepreneur, who, because of financial pressure, is determined to drill regardless of the danger. From the author of SHADOW AT EVENING. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0727848526. ISBN/EAN: 9780727848529. Inventory No: 16090181. Seller Inventory # 16090181
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