Newly promoted to the rank of detective superintendent in the elite Scottish crime squad, Colin Thane gets his first case when a hit-and-run victim is identified as being a top-end errand boy in the European drug scene. Some three million pounds worth of amphetamines have been manufactured in Scotland for shipment to the continent. Thane's assignment: find out where exactly the drugs are being made. He traces the operation to a network of whisky distilleries in the Highlands - and now the going gets tough. Furthermore, ...
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Newly promoted to the rank of detective superintendent in the elite Scottish crime squad, Colin Thane gets his first case when a hit-and-run victim is identified as being a top-end errand boy in the European drug scene. Some three million pounds worth of amphetamines have been manufactured in Scotland for shipment to the continent. Thane's assignment: find out where exactly the drugs are being made. He traces the operation to a network of whisky distilleries in the Highlands - and now the going gets tough. Furthermore, Thane is handicapped for he is without the help of his old colleague Phil Moss. For this case he has a new partner, a rookie named Francey Dunbar, and Francey just doesn't come up to the standards of the old school...Praise for Bill Knox: 'The expertise is interesting, the invention good and the writing literate and lively' - "Sunday Times". 'His plotting is impeccable...and he can build his books to a relentless climax' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Sound technical details...Thrills without frills' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'Always a thoroughly reliable, good read' - "The Times".
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Add this copy of Live Bait to cart. $77.00, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Arrow Books Ltd.
