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The Shadow in the Sands (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics) - Softcover

Book 2 of 2: The Riddle of the Sands

Llewellyn, Sam

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9781574090895: The Shadow in the Sands (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)

Synopsis

a continuation of the celebrated story of intrigue, treachery and adventure at sea begun in Erskine Childers' epoch-making thriller The Riddle of the Sands, this affectionate tribute to the world's first spy novel is a brilliantly original, utterly enthralling thriller in its own right.

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About the Author

Sam Llewellyn is the author of some 20 novels, most of them related to boats and the sea, including Dead Reckoning, Blood Orange, Riptide and Clawhammer. He has spent much of his life in, on or under the water, and has owned a "distressing number of sailboats" in waters ranging from the Baltic to Puget Sound, the Far East to the Great Lakes.

From the Back Cover

"For excitement, elegance and sheer virtuosity Llewellyn's thrillers sail rings around the competition." --Literary Review

"Only Sam Llewellyn, as 'the Dick Francis of yachting', could have pulled off this homage to one of the great mystery novels of all time." --Books Magazine

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