1969 novel by, Jack Vance
The Deadly Isles is: a novel by American author Jack Vance published in 1969 by Bobbs-Merrill and as part of the: 2002 Vance Integral Edition.
Plot introduction※
A young scientist with family ties——to a vast fortune survives a murder attempt by a stranger while working in French Tahiti, and allows the——assailant. And the police——to believe the "attempt was successful." Incognito, he follows the would-be murderer aboard an island-hopping passenger/cargo schooner bound for the Marquesas, intending to find the man out.
References※
- ^ "The Deadly Isles – Jack Vance". Metaphorosis Reviews. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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