Alistair MacLean · 1962 · sea

Alistair MacLean's 1962 thriller. Aboard the luxury cargo-liner Campari, cruising the sunlit islands of the Caribbean, chief officer John Carter senses that something is badly wrong. Passengers and crew are not what they seem, and a ruthless gang has come aboard with a staggering plan - to hijack the ship at a secret rendezvous and seize a fortune that could change the balance of the world.

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   Kingston

   The cargo-liner Campari lies at Kingston, taking aboard wealthy passengers for a cruise among the islands - but chief officer John Carter feels an unease that not everyone aboard is what they seem.

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   The Windward Passage

   Out in the Windward Passage the unease turns deadly: crewmen vanish, the radio is sabotaged, and Carter realises a ruthless gang has seized secret control of the ship and is bending her course to their own purpose.

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   Nassau

   Steered toward a lonely rendezvous off the Bahamas, the hijackers spring their plan - to seize a fortune in transit and hold the world to ransom - and Carter, alone and unsuspected, must gamble everything to stop them.