Manchineel (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | John Ballem | knygos.lt

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All the ingredients for a superb thriller are present in John Bishop Ballem's tenth novel. On Manchineel, the Caribbean playground of the rich and famous, Skye MacLeod flies his own vintage airplane, attends parties, flirts with a gin-loving princess, and falls in love with the ex-wife of a powerful American senator. He comes to realize that there is something dreadfully wrong with this island paradise through a series of strange events: unusual shark attacks, voodoo ceremonies, and the disappearance of several children and young adults.-Arriving on the Caribbean island of Manchineel, Skye MacLeod, independent investigator and amateur pilot, finds himself embroiled in a sinister plot.-Arriving on the Caribbean island of Manchineel, Skye MacLeod, independent investigator and amateur pilot, finds himself embroiled in a sinister plot.-"[Ballam's] extensive travels and keenly honed skills in the legal profession have allowed him to give an aura of versismilitude to the unusual, and often exotic, settings and large-scale political intrigues against which the action of his thrillers unfolds."