Captive

Tony Park

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Pan
27 November 2018

Thriller & suspense; Adventure; Australian Crime Fiction

"A heart-racing thriller from the master of adventure. New novel Vendetta out soon.

A woman's quest to save wildlife turns lethal

A very eager - and rather naive - Australian lawyer, Kerry Maxwell, flies into South Africa to volunteer at a wildlife orphanage run by notorious vet, Graham Baird.

Graham is as jaded and reckless as Kerry is law-abiding and optimistic. When Kerry arrives at the animal sanctuary it's to the news that Graham is imprisoned in Mozambique following a shootout with elephant poachers. In the gunfight he killed the brother of corrupt politician and poaching kingpin Fidel Costa.

Kerry's earnest sense of justice takes her to Massingir to help Graham with his case, and into a world of danger. Kidnapped, chased, attacked and betrayed, Kerry learns the bitter truth about the complexities and deadly nature of the war on poaching.

Even the motivations of well-meaning charities, wealthy donors and private zoos are not all they appear.

Kerry's perilous entanglement may be what Graham needs to shake off his drunken cynicism and rejoin the fight for Africa's animals, but is it enough, and in time, to stop Costa's quest for revenge...

PRAISE FOR TONY PARK:

""Australia's premier adventure writer."" Canberra Weekly

""Gripping action thrillers...never disappoints as a storyteller"" Daily Telegraph

""Tony Park is a master storyteller. I love his work."" Deon Meyer

""Australian author Park knows his subject intimately"" The Guardian"

By: Tony Park
Imprint: Pan
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 252g
ISBN: 9781760558154
ISBN 10: 176055815X
Publication Date: 27 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tony Park was born in 1964 and grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a press secretary, a PR consultant and a freelance writer. He also served 34 years in the Australian Army Reserve, including six months as a public affairs officer in Afghanistan in 2002. He and his wife, Nicola, divide their time equally between Australia and southern Africa. He is the author of fourteen other African novels.