Scoundrel

Description

From the incomparable New York Times bestselling master of gripping adventure, Bernard Cornwell, comes a relentlessly suspenseful contemporary thriller set in the lethal world of international terror.Bostonian Paul Shanahan is many things: part-time marine surveyor, smuggler, gunrunner, suspected CIA agent. A full-time scoundrel with ties to nothing and no one—except to an ex-lover who died years before in a hail of bullets—he has agreed to transport five million dollars in gold across the ocean by sailboat, money earmarked by the Irish Republican Army for the purchase of fifty-three Stinger missiles. Shanahan's instincts are telling him there's more to this deal below the surface and that he's not meant to survive after delivery. But, if he can elude British Intelligence and several terrorist organizations' most efficient killers—and with only his life left to lose—$5 million might just be enough to get a desperate rogue out of the game for good.

First Sentence

AUGUST 1, 1990 WAS MY FORTIETH BIRTHDAY.

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Other Editions

• ScoundrelElectronic resourceHarperCollins2006-01-01
• ScoundrelHardcoverMichael Joseph1992-01-01
• ScoundrelPenguin1993-01-01
• Scoundrel (The Thrillers #5)Audio CassetteSoundings1993-05-01
• Scoundrel (The Thrillers #5)Penguin Books1998-10-01
• Scoundrel (The Thrillers #5)PaperbackPenguin Books1998-10-01