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Lädt ... Plunder of the Sun (1949)von David Dodge
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Two-fisted treasure hunt holds plenty of plot twists and turns with murder, blackmail and lost Inca gold. Dodge delivers a breezy style that keeps the action moving fast and the characters interesting, even when the book suddenly shifts into a little too much romantic melodrama for its final act. The book is rich with plenty of detail of 1940s Peru as well as some interesting backstory of the treasure. The sections on the ship where Al Colby is still trying to figure out who his friends and enemies are and later his forced team-up with Jeff are the best sections of the book. The plot is pretty well played out, but the final ten pages seems anticlimactic. I have to admit, its hard not to like a book that encourages you to read The Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
ON THE TRAIL OF THE LOST TREASURE OF THE INCAS - WITH EVERY FORTUNE HUNTER IN SOUTH AMERICA CLOSING IN! Al Colby should never have agreed to smuggle the package from Chile to Peru. Now one man's dead, two beautiful women have betrayed him, and a couple of gunmen are hot on his trail. All because of an ancient Quechua manuscript pointing to the hiding place of a priceless hoard, lost for centuries. Now the race is on - by train, by plane, by motorboat and by mule - first to find the treasure and then to escape with it alive... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Al Colby agrees to smuggle an unknown item from Chile to Peru on an American ship, for $1,000. But when the man who hired him ends up dead, things get messy. And then, a treasure hunt breaks out! Shootings, stabbings, and double dealings ensue, and it gets really messy!
Unfortunately, it wasn't really my cup of tea. I didn't like Mr. Colby, and I didn't like any other character either. It wasn't just because they were all criminals, I just didn't like them. The last three words of the book were pretty much what I fought during my reading of it! ( )