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    A Close Run Thing
    A Close Run Thing
    A Close Run Thing
    Audiobook9 hours

    A Close Run Thing

    Written by David Donachie

    Narrated by Peter Wickham

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    John Pearce is hiding in Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known to him as Oliphant. Although they find a crew willing to take them back to England, they learn on the journey that Pearce’s old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route, and may have been responsible for the murder of Catherine Carruthers. Back in England their problems continue: Pearce must seek to mend fences with Emily Barclay, in a relationship in which nothing is simple. And just as things may be looking up, it seems Henry Dundas has another role for him and Oliphant: a mission to North East Spain…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateOct 1, 2018
    ISBN9781407976761
    A Close Run Thing
    Author

    David Donachie

    Born in Edinburgh in 1944, David Donachie has had a variety of jobs, including selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding interest in the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author of a number of bestselling books, he now lives in Deal, Kent with his wife, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook and their two children.

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    • 1/5
      It would be a good audiobook if the last 2 chapters were not missing. If you want to read them go over to the ebook.

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    • 4/5
      Very good but the last couple of chapters seem to be missing
    • 1/5
      The end is missing? It cuts out during chapter 25