Blogs in January 1970

Noble House 1st January 1970

The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes-fire, flood, landslide. Yet they are days filled as...

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Fragrant Harbour 1st January 1970

In Fragrant Harbour much of the story is told in the words of Tom Stewart, a young Englishman who sails to Hong Kong in the 1930s and ends up spending the rest of his long life there. The voice...

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Typhoon 1st January 1970

Typhoon is a really fast moving and fascinating insight into a side of China that is generally not really well known. The central character is Joe Lennox, who is likeable but not sanctimonious working for the SIS.

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A World of Trouble 1st January 1970

Jack Shepherd is sick of Washington politics, sick of corporate law, and even a little sick of himself. So he hits the road looking for a new start, makes a couple of wrong turns, and winds up in Hong...

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Laundry Man 1st January 1970

Welcome to Bangkok. Bribery, corruption, money laundering and murder. They re not out to get you it s just how they do business. Once a high-flying international lawyer and renowned expert on global money laundering, the urbane and straight-shooting...

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