THE TEMPLE TREE
Prix régulier 70,00 € TTC 6%
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, BRADEL, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | First edition, Dedicated copy, Dust jacket |
| Condition | Used |
| Number of pages | 245 |
| Published date | 1971 |
| Languages | English |
| Size | 15 x 23 x 3 cm |
| Author | David Beaty |
| Editor | Martin Secker & Warburg Limited |
Description
An aircraft accident investigator waits at a Ceylonese airport for the routine jet aircraft back to London.
It never arrives.
Coming into land with eighty - one passengers it undershoots the runway and crashes close to a Hindu temple in the jungle, and all on board are killed. Was it the pilot error ? It suits the book of Reeves, the British station manager, to assume so ; and the same conclusion is jumped at thankfully by Mr. Seneratne, head of the Sinhalese Air Safety Bureau in Colombo, and Mr. Fonseca, head of the Ceylon Criminal Investigation Department. to believe it saved so much trouble.
But to Hannaker, the British investigator, matters were not so plain. From the start his intuition rang the bell of sabotage, and as he gradually uncovered a series of strange facts that appeared to be connected, intuition turned to near certainly. Certainly too that there would be another crash when the next bullion carrying plane approached to land.
( ... ) This is a story of vivid contrasts ; of East and West ; of past and present ; of ruined cities and jet aircraft ; of superstition and scientific truth ; of civilization and the jungle. And over all the fast - moving action hangs the honey - sweet scent of Ceylon's national flower - frangipani, the blossom of The Temple Tree.
