The Scent of Betrayal

by David Donachie Narrated by Peter Wickham

Overview

New Orleans, 1795. The discovery of an abandoned Spanish merchant ship off the coast of America plunges the Ludlows into a far-reaching conspiracy fuelled by jealousy, ambition and nationalistic fervour. The Bucephalas lies trapped under the gaping muzzles of the 32-punder Spanish guns of New Orleans' harbour fort. It quickly becomes clear that the corridors of the governor's residence are just as busy with treachery, double-dealing and murder as the back alleys of the sweltering city outside. Harry Ludlow must win freedom for his ship in a deadly game played out in the dark woods of the American hinterland.

Editorial Reviews

Daily Sport

High-speed epic from an ace storyteller.

The Bookbag

Exciting and unpredictable.

Cambridge Evening News

Outflanking and out-gunning C. S. Forester.

Historical Novels Review Online

Pure adventure with excitement and daring all the way. .. historical fiction at its very best.

Literary Review

High adventure and detection; cunningly spliced battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match.

From the Publisher

"Donachie has made Ludlow the most compulsively readable amateur detective since Dick Francis' latest ex-jockey."  —Cambridge Evening News


"A must for armchair mariners. . . . It's superb stuff."  —Manchester Evening News

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177413167
Publisher:	Soundings, Limited
Publication date:	07/01/2010
Series:	Privateersman Mystery , #5
Edition description:	Unabridged

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