Imperial 109: A Gripping Adventure Thriller

Richard Doyle
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‘AN EPIC ADVENTURE’ The Bookseller 'PURE JOY IN STORYTELLING' SUNDAY TIMES They took off in splendour—but flew into a nightmare . . . On the eve of World War II, Imperial 109—the most magnificent aircraft known to man—sets off on a six-day luxury trip carrying a colourful group of passengers and millions of dollars in gold bullion. But for Captain Desmond O’Neill and his crew, as well as for the odd assortment of travellers, the journey of a lifetime quickly becomes a disaster of scandals, passion, terror and grave danger that will threaten all their lives. IMPERIAL 109 is a masterful thriller of high-stakes, storm-fuelled adventure which readers of Ken Follett’s Night Over Water, Ernest K. Gann’s The High and Mighty and Vicki Baum’s Grand Hotel will love. ____________ ‘If you cut up Airport, Jaws, The Thirty-Nine Steps and Murder on the Orient Express, shuffle the bits around and splice them together you might achieve the effect of Imperial 109’ Sunday Times ‘A big entertaining tale full of incident and action with attractive characters caught up in everything from trouble in the air to racing cars along the Nile’ Mystery File ‘An exciting read with colour, romance and danger for all’ Yorkshire Post 'A master storyteller' The Bookseller WHY READERS LOVE IMPERIAL 109: ‘An amazing adventure story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One of the best books I’ve ever read . . . so full of energy’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book . . . it encompassed everything great about the adventure story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great book . . . one of my all time favourite books’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A delight to read . . . also technically correct’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One of the most moving adventurous fiction stories written against a background of true world history’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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