Mystery Books
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DamageFrom New York Times bestseller John Lescroart comes an explosive look at the seductive power of revenge and the terrible costs of
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Thunder of Heaven (Martyr's Song, Book 3)The world's worst fears have dawned. Nothing stands in the way of total destruction...except the love of one woman.Deep
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The Cat Who Saw StarsJim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, have a close encounter with a killer in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who s
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The Apocalypse WatchAmerican agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortresslike mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organiza
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From the Corner of His EyeHis birth was marked by wonder and tragedy.He sees beauty and terror beyond our deepest dreams.His story will chan
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A Grave TalentThis gripping debut of the Kate Martinelli mystery series won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery, generating wide critical acc
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Cold Paradise (A Stone Barrington Novel)Stone Barrington gets reacquainted with a long-buried case and an ex-lover in this electrifying thriller in the #1 New York
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Mystery Movies
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Interstellar (Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack)With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling bey
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Shutter IslandAcademy Award® winning director Martin Scorses once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that cr
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BasicAcademy Award(r) nominees John Travolta (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Pulp Fiction, 1994) and SamuelL. Jackson (Best Actor in a S
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Seven (New Line Platinum Series)Seven: Platinum Series (Dbl DVD)
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The Bone CollectorHe takes his victims' lives and leaves behind mysterious pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And the only person who may be able to make s
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game
Author: Gavin Lyall
Bill Cary is a bush pilot living in Lapland in northern Finland, making a precarious living flying aerial survey flights looking for nickel deposits, and occasional charter cargo flights of dubious legitimacy in his beat-up old de Havilland Beaver. Towards the end of the flying season, a wealthy American hunter hires him to fly into a prohibited part of Finland near the Soviet border in order to hunt bear. Subsequently, he is assaulted by thugs when he refuses a charter contract to search for a lost Tsarist treasure, comes under suspicion from the Finnish police for smuggling when Tsarist-era gold sovereigns start turning up, and from the Finnish secret police for espionage. However, things get more serious when the wealthy American's hunter's beautiful sister turns up to search for her brother, and his fellow bush pilots start getting killed off in a series of suspicious accidents. Cary suspects that the events he is increasingly involved in may stem from an incident in his wartime past. The Most Dangerous Game was a runner-up for the British Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award in 1964.
Gavin Lyall (1932-2003) lived in Hampstead and enjoyed sailing on the Thames in his motor cruiser. From 1959 to 1962 he was a newspaper reporter and the aviation correspondent for the Sunday Times. His first novel, The Wrong Side of the Sky, was published in 1961, drawing from his personal experiences in the Libyan Desert and in Greece. Lyall left journalism in 1963 to become a full-time author, writing 17 novels before his death in 2003.
